The National Credit Union Administration approved the Young Community Federal Credit Union to begin operations in Kentucky soon. An organization in Maryland is shooting for a 2024 opening.

Consumer appetites for new loans have slowed in the face of record interest rates, but Sunlight Federal Credit Union's partnership with Avana CUSO helps identify commercial real estate opportunities in markets both local and national.

Achieva Credit Union, which previously bought two community banks, is furthering its growth through the acquisition of an insurance company.

In a pilot it rolled out this year, Nashville-based Vanderbilt Credit Union will lend graduates up to $160,000 if they have a job offer sheet in hand.

In October's roundup of top banking news: Navy Federal's contract with the Department of Defense remains in limbo, check fraud takes a bite out of Regions Financial's third-quarter earnings, a Community Reinvestment Act rule gets finalized and more.

A federal court extended an injunction that halts the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's rule until the Supreme Court rules on the bureau's constitutionality.

The fintech Greenlight Financial has formed a CUSO to expand access to its family banking app and educational resources after strong interest from credit unions.

The National Credit Union Administration says it cannot provide deposit insurance for accounts covered under the $165 billion-asset institution's agreement to offer financial services to members of the military serving abroad. The credit union accuses the regulator of undermining its mission.

Mergers may be shrinking the overall number of credit unions, but they have provided valuable scale to those that remain.

The "Get My Rate" tool, launched on Sept. 4 in collaboration with SavvyMoney, tells current and prospective members what loan rates they qualify for without adversely affecting their credit scores.