FORT WORTH, Texas -- John Tippets is coming out of retirement. Again.

Risk and strategy are big topics this time of year, and for good reason.

Few companies are more intertwined with both the history and future of credit unions than CUNA Mutual (remember Mother Mutual?), so any change in its leadership can mean a decade of repercussions for its CU and CU member policyholders.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- The Target Corp. data breach, estimated to have cost credit unions at least $30 million so far, is doing much more than lightening CUs' wallets -- it's changing the way they approach fraud prevention and increasing attention on EMV.

Maybe Bank of America's controversial decision a few years ago to charge for checking accounts was a smart idea after all.

The massive transition to update magnetic stripe cards to EMV by the October 2015 liability shift has raised many questions.

PHOENIX -- More than a year after Arizona Federal Credit Union decided to charge a controversial $3 monthly membership fee, the $1.2 billion-asset CU reports the dues have created their desired effect.

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. -- State Employees Credit Union has proposed merging into First Florida Credit Union to create an institution with more than $700 million in assets and nearly 60,000 members.

President Obama's latest budget, released Tuesday, contains few surprises for the financial services industry several years after the financial crisis, with the focus instead turning to education and employment in an effort to reboot the stagnating economy.

Business Partners, a credit union service organization in Northridge, Calif., has named financial services veteran Pamella Easley as its president and chief executive officer.

ODESSA, Texas — A thief made an unauthorized withdrawal Wednesday from an ATM located in the drive-through of Complex Community FCU.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Credit unions finished 2013 with some strong gains, but also saw some slipping in important metrics such as return on average assets and share growth.

Citadel EFT, a credit card processing firm, announced this week that it is exploring ways to allow state-licensed marijuana businesses to accept electronic payments from their customers.

The Senate Banking Committee postponed and then rescheduled the confirmation hearing of Mark McWatters to the NCUA board of directors for Thursday, March 13.

The subprime credit card market may be coming back, with Fenway Summer set to launch a plastic card for Americans who don't qualify for mainstream credit.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Even though NCUA warned credit unions they could face fines up to $1 million a day for filing late call reports, the agency said Wednesday that hundreds of CUs are still tardy.

SEATAC, Wash. -- Though the Target Corp. breach has received a landslide of media attention, another data theft has hit Northwest CUs hard.

A significant number of college students and recent grads are turning to alternative financial services providers—including payday lenders—for their banking needs, according to a new Synergistics study.

CHELSEA, Mass. -- Metro Credit Union is welcoming members of Newton Municipal CU following the merger of the two institutions.

NCUA has granted a charter expansion to Nymeo FCU here, allowing it to expand its services to the community throughout Frederick.