WILMINGTON, N.C.-Velocity Solutions is anticipating consumers will begin consolidating checking accounts-and accompanying debit cards-and is developing debit rewards programs to move that CU card to top of wallet.

WASHINGTON-A 5% decline during the first quarter in overall lending at credit unions has led to several different interpretations of what it might portend.

CCCU Selects CU Student Choice

SAN DIEGO-Morgan Courtney was recently named by San Diego-based USA Federal Credit Union as vice president of Overseas Operations. Talking to Credit Union Journal readers from Japan, below Mr. Courtney talks about the challenges and unique nature of overseeing branches located in foreign countries.

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Stanford Federal Credit Union has partnered with New York-based Newtek Business Services to offer an expanded line-up to small business.

CU XPress Lease Signs CUs

Revenue-Per-Account Tool

STAR Network Relaunches STAR.com

Aberdeen Proving Ground FCU hired Kamau Patterson to serve as its new webmaster.

Redstone FCU Reaffiliates

June

ARLINGTON, Va.-Credit unions have been facing longer and more rigorous examinations over the last year, according to a recent NAFCU survey.

May Takes Over As CUNA Chair

A recent conversation with a stranger illustrated the challenge that vexes credit unions a century after they were founded. What are they? Can I join? Where do I find one?

You might think that bank robberies would be on the climb during The Great Recession. But so far, that hasn't been the case.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. – Wal-Mart, which failed to get a U.S. bank charter and is currently one of the driving forces behind the bid to lower card interchange fees, won approval from Canadian authorities last week to open a bank.

BOSTON – LPL Financial Corp., which provides private label investment services for hundreds of credit unions, said Friday it plans to raise as much as $600 million with an initial public offering.

WASHINGTON – Three banks with total deposits of $2.3 billion were seized by regulators amid losses stemming from soured real-estate loans, raising to 81 the number of banks that have collapsed this year.

WAYNESVILLE, N.C. – Mountain CU said last week it contributed $4,000 to Tuscola for the purchase of sports equipment.

SEATTLE – Group Health CU changed its name last week to Salal CU.