WASHINGTON -- The industry's two largest trade groups are telling Congress Tuesday credit unions need relief from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's qualified mortgage rule because of high compliance costs and restrictions on serving members.

CLEVELAND -- John Struna, a member of Taupa Lithuanian Credit Union, was charged in federal court Monday with defrauding the now-defunct CU out of $2.5 million.

ARLINGTON, Va. -- NAFCU wants to see some changes in proposed Automated Clearing House rules.

MARION, Ind. -- After leading Via CU for 35 years, John McIntyre is stepping down as CEO.

FRANKLIN, Va. -- Hillary Gunn's CPR training helped the Bronco FCU teller recently save a member's life.

WASHINGTON -- The Target Corp. data security breach and now the Neiman Marcus cyber attack have NAFCU asking NCUA to partner with the Federal Trade Commission and other regulators as new rules are made to ensure the safety of data security systems.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- CUNA expects approval of the Internet domain name .creditunion (dot credit union) by the worldwide Internet Corporation for Names and Numbers, known as ICANN, anytime now.

Neiman Marcus Group Ltd. said Jan. 10 that some unauthorized purchases may have been made with customer cards, the second retailer after Target Corp. to be struck by hackers during the important holiday shopping season.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- When it comes to credit union growth this year, the good news is that there are plenty of prospects. The bad news is that there's not much low-hanging fruit.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The economy, uncertainty about the future and conservative leadership have some credit unions protecting their capital instead of carefully planning for growth -- a decision Dennis Dollar says CUs can't afford.

ARLINGTON, Va. -- The best growth bets for 2014 may already be in your credit union's backyard.

VIENNA, Va. -- Active-duty Millennials are better money managers than their civilian counterparts, according to a new survey from Navy FCU.

TAMPA, Fla. -- Credit unions across the nation are moving up their EMV conversion timelines, considering more class action lawsuits against Target Corp. and calling on Congress to create rules requiring greater payment data security from retailers.

GAINESVILLE, Ga. -- Used car values did not slide as much as expected in 2013, despite strong new car sales, reports Black Book, which sees used values holding steady for much of this year.

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MUSKEGON, Wis. -- Corporate Central Credit Union announced a dividend of 3% to member credit unions with Perpetual Contributed Capital (PCC) invested in Corporate Central for the month of December.

BETHPAGE, N.Y. -- By the time many credit unions were first learning about the massive Target Corp. data breach, Bethpage FCU was already moving to alert members and protect the card base.

WASHINGTON -- Following Target Corp.'s announcement that its data breach has increased to 70 million accounts, NAFCU and CUNA are stepping up efforts to call for congressional action on data security.

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