Seattle-based credit union once again turning to local musicians and artists for awareness initiative.

There are a variety of opinions on how CUs can best position themselves to capitalize on the Wells Fargo scandal, but one thing is clear: the time to do so is now.

In a move that surely surprised the benighted Wells Fargo, one of its big bank brethren has pledged not to take advantage of the scandal. Go figure.

WASHINGTON – More than one hundred House Democrats sent a letter to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray on Wednesday calling for the agency to strengthen its proposal to rein in payday lending.

Bank Transfer Day is set for a comeback following the Wells Fargo cross-selling scandal, but credit unions are warned not to expect the same type of mass consumer migration they saw five years ago.

More CDCUs received grant funding this year, but the overall total awarded to credit unions was down slightly from 2015.

Freedom 1st Credit Union in Dayton, Ohio, has selected COCC as its new core processing system.

Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen testified for the second consecutive year on regulatory issues, the fate of Wells Fargo and whether the central bank acts in a political fashion.

The National Credit Union Administration on Tuesday said it will receive $1.1 billion to settle legal claims against Royal Bank of Scotland related to the sale of faulty mortgage-backed securities to two corporate credit unions.

A trio of executives moved up to the C suite and other CU professionals in the news.

NCUA Chairman Rick Metsger has proposed changing the name of NCUA's Office of Consumer Protection to the Office of Consumer Financial Protection and Access.

Boeing Employees Credit Union (BECU), a $15-billion institution based in Tukwila, Wash., announced that industry veteran Parker Cann will retire at the end of this year.

Though the IBM survey did not include any credit unions, the industry has been monitoring this trend for some time and will bet keeping a close watch on the banks' experience with this technology.

The Department of Labor said Tuesday it is launching a probe into whether Wells Fargo violated labor laws by instituting stringent sales quotas — practices that led to a $190 million settlement with federal regulators earlier this month.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump used the first debate late Monday to attack the Federal Reserve Board, reiterating accusations that it has purposely kept interest rates low to help President Obama.

Just in time for the first presidential debate, the Credit Union National Association is rolling out the next phase of its “Strong Credit Unions, Strong Middle Class” campaign, which it launched last year during the run-up to primary voting.

Matz was appointed to NCUA twice, by two different presidents, and has in-the-trenches experience from her time as an executive vice president at a credit union.

Seven other CUs reportedly in talks with EPL.

CEO shadowing, softball tournaments and scholarships highlight the latest roundup of the good work credit unions do in the communities they serve.

The national CU trade associations and state leagues all have differing methods of how they distribute their political fundraising dollars, but all agreed that any candidate that supports credit unions is a candidate worth supporting.