Mortgage lenders on both the residential and commercial sides of the business will have to deal with a different lending environment in 2016. These include enforcement of TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure violations plus rising interest rates and the impact on origination volumes. Here are 10 observations that originators need to mull over while crafting their business plans for the coming year.

Menominee County Federal Credit Union said it will change its name to Integra First Federal Credit Union, effective Friday.

Several organizations, such as Swift and The Clearing House, announced faster payments initiatives this year. Those initiatives will likely play critical roles in 2016 in helping the Fed plot ways to modernize the U.S. payments system.

Peggy J. Bosma-LaMascus, president and CEO of Patriot Federal Credit Union, announced that she will retire after a 34-year career at the credit union.

Cornerstone Credit Union League (CCUL) said its president and CEO Richard L. Ensweiler has advised the board of directors that he will retire, effective April 30, 2017.

Moving from a web-based mobile browser to an app and adding new functionality helped drive big gains in mobile adoption and usage.

FMSI COO Meredith Deen suggests a new approach to branch service offers a key differentiator for credit union in an increasingly crowded field.

Nominations for the Pennsylvania Credit Union Association’s board of directors are due Jan. 15.

Volunteer Corporate Credit Union names new CFO and COO, promotions at Veridian and other CU professionals in the news.

In a closely-watched Colorado case that could set a precedent for financial institutions seeking to serve marijuana retailers, a judge has encouraged both parties to consider a mellow resolution.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is charging the law firm Frederick J. Hanna & Associates $3.1 million over allegations that it illegally filed debt collection lawsuits against consumers.

As credit unions and banks weigh whether to serve legal marijuana-related businesses (MRBs), two authorities on the subject point out some common misconceptions about legal marijuana-related businesses that financial institutions need to consider first.

Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., has a limited window to move his regulatory reform legislation next year, after failing to secure passage for the bill as part of the budget fight.

Texas Trust channels its inner "Duck Dynasty" and other credit union news.

Most c-level executives would rather endure a root canal than go through a core conversion at their credit union, so Credit Union Journal asked experts to share steps credit unions can take to make the process less painful.

Though there are some key differences between nonprofits and their boards and not-for-profit credit unions and their boards, CUs can learn a lot from mistakes made by their nonprofit counterparts, according to one CU consultant.

Though Apple grabbed the early worm in mobile payments, combining an intuitive mobile system for consumers with the buy-in of major financial institutions and merchants, the first-mover advantage never seemed to materialize.

After being elected to the Glendora City Council in March, Mendell Thompson, president and CEO of $303 million America’s Christian Credit Union, was able to make an immediate positive impact for local CUs.

Robert Chavez, president and CEO of Sandia Laboratory FCU, was appointed to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council (CDIAC).

FBI accuses two Florida men with operating illegal Bitcoin exchange through now-defunct New Jersey credit union.