The board of directors of Municipal Employees Credit Union (MECU) here announced that it has appointed John M. Hamilton as president and chief executive officer. Hamilton had been serving as the interim CEO since March 2015.

No sooner does a CU have one social media site figured out than four new ones pop up. Experts predict which sites are waning and provide practical tips for leveraging these new tools.

A credit union's mobile banking program can provide a wealth of intelligence in the form of member data to be analyzed.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau named Meredith Fuchs, the agency's general counsel, to fill the bureau's No. 2 leadership soon to be vacated by Steven Antonakes.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has issued its final rule for the "Know Before You Owe" mortgage disclosure rule, which is also known as TILA-RESPA or TRID.

The federal regulator reported 25 CUs filed their call reports late, with 15 of those being fined a total of $5,107.

Two Florida men with connections to a $200,000-asset New Jersey credit union are being investigated by the FBI for running an unlicensed Bitcoin exchange for the purposes of money laundering.

President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Act five years ago this month, but the battle over the law's impact and legacy goes on. Several top lawmakers spoke to American Banker about how their views have evolved since the law's passage. Here are some highlights from those conversations.

Rolling back unnecessarily burdensome and costly regulations is the only way to ensure credit unions’ survival. To that end, lawmakers should pass a bill that would give credit unions relief from annual privacy notice requirements and grant safe harbor qualified-mortgage status for certain loans held in their portfolios.

Key proponents and critics of the 2010 financial reform law commemorated its anniversary by keeping the debate over its legacy front and center.

As Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew defended the legacy of the 2010 reform law, in another part of the capital a banker and Republican lawmakers pleaded for legislative changes.

As consumers' tastes turn away from branches and toward mobile devices, some credit unions and banks are trying to replace the customer standby, the 800-number, with more modern communication media such as video chatting and SMS text.

he new regs are meant to close loopholes in an interest rate cap that applies to active-duty soldiers and sailors.

DECATUR, Ill. — The board of Land of Lincoln CU announced Tuesday it has named Douglas B. Harris as its next CEO following the retirement Mac Dunaway.

South Jersey taps new CFO, TDECU names chief risk officer and more CU executives on the move.

Checking balances or statements and viewing transactions are the most widely used features, a new study finds.

The White House announced Monday that it will nominate University of Michigan economics and public policy professor Kathryn Dominguez to fill the final open seat on the Federal Reserve Board.

Digital CU, which created the DCU Center of Excellence in Financial Services, teamed up with Boston-based co-working firm Workbar, to give Fintech startups the tools, space — and yes, some capital — to do what they do best: innovate.

West Community Credit Union, a $165-million institution based in O'Fallon, Mo., just outside St. Louis, announced that its president and CEO Gary Hinrichs will retire in early 2016, after 41 years of service.

Some familiar-albeit unusual dignitaries-join 121 Financial's ribbon cutting and more news about credit unions in their communities.