LUFKIN, Texas -- Linda Smith, chief executive officer of Lufkin FCU, retired earlier this month.

TEXARKANA, Texas -- Red River Employees FCU here has been approved to expand to a community charter.

DENVER -- Credit unions need to adjust how they communicate with members and work with them on card fraud issues, say cyber security experts who expect the number of data breaches to increase.

McAllen, Texas police have arrested two people from Monterrey, Mexico that the local cops say were in possession of fake credit cards made with information obtained from the Target Corp. data breach.

Workers' Credit Union will give back more than $2 million to its members next month — a first for the $1 billion credit union.

A selection of images featuring credit unions' efforts in their communities.

WASHINGTON -- Judges for an appeals court appeared sympathetic Friday to the Federal Reserve Board's defense of its rule capping interchange fees on debit cards, fueling hopes by credit unions and banks that the agency will beat back a legal challenge.

RADCLIFF, Ky. -- Longtime Fort Knox FCU CEO William J. Rissell has announced that he will retire from on July 1.

TEMPLE, Texas -- NCUA's warning that it will fine credit unions filing late call reports by as much as $1 million per day is drawing support as well as criticism from industry leaders, with one executive describing the agency as "tone deaf."

Piggybacking on Sundie Seefried's letter ("Do Two-Thirds of Credit Unions Really Lack Relevancy Today?", CU Journal, Dec. 23), we also need to keep in mind the enormous political impact of small credit union volunteers and staff.

ARLINGTON, Va. -- Rebounding energy prices sent the Consumer Price Index up 1.5% in December. However, for the year, CPI held fairly steady at 1.7%, reports NAFCU.

DES MOINES, Iowa -- When it comes to compliance, fraud and risk, CUs this year should pay closer attention to their card rewards programs, how loans are being serviced and ramifications from data breaches.

WABASH, Ind. -- With a design concept akin to Angie's List, VendorCamp is a new service for credit unions providing the ability to securely manage and collaborate on vendor relationships.

PLEASANTON, Calif. -- The ability to quickly retrieve and analyze data is often easier said than done, but one CU has found a way to do just that.

WASHINGTON -- Traditional IT responsibilities, such as the management of technology infrastructure, end user desktop support and system access, are critical to credit union operations, but one credit union's IT department is going well beyond the traditional.

That's the aim of MOGL, a restaurant loyalty mobile app that continues to gain credit union partners.

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- With the goal of providing members 10 and older with an interactive, fun way to learn basic money management concepts, Michigan State University FCU teamed up with the university's College of Communication Arts and Sciences Department to develop a new game app, Saving Magic.

BALTIMORE, Maryland -- Though the holidays are over, technology wishes can still come true. Horsetail Technologies, in conjunction with Credit Union Journal, will be accepting applications for the Second Annual $100K Extreme Network Makeover starting in March.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The recent surge in student loan write-offs has industry analysts concerned that the student lending "bubble" may be ready to burst.

Students of Singularity University have a tough mission: build a company that helps one billion people within 10 years.