The number of branches at credit unions and banks has been surging for decades and presents some challenging problems for financial institutions as they face an ever-increasingly competitive landscape in the future.

Security Service is shovel ready on its new corporate campus, State Employees helps students apply for financial aid and more community news.

MADISON, Wis. — CUNA Mutual Group and state CU leagues represented by the American Association of Credit Union Leagues have agreed to a three-year $64 million marketing contract expected to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2016.

For several years, strong borrower demand and low delinquency rates have delivered welcome profits to credit unions and banks that target the farming industry. But commodity prices are falling — depressing farmers' incomes and forcing many financial institutions to increase their monitoring of credit trends.

WAYNESBORO, Va. — Two Virginia credit unions announced Wednesday that their merger was official.

Radian Guaranty has added two national account managers and an inside sales account management team to work strictly with its credit union customers, their members and their trade associations, the private mortgage insurer announced Wednesday.

Credit unions had the highest satisfaction score (91) of any type of institution, followed by community banks (86), large and midsize banks (79) and the four universal banks (72), according to the Consumer Banking Expectations Index.

The U.S. financial system has weathered several external threats in the past year, but significant hazards remain, including the potential for cyberattacks and excessive concentration of risk in central counterparties, according to a report by the Financial Stability Oversight Council.

Personal incomes have stagnated, consumer prices are on the rise, new home sales are declining and falling energy investments are dragging the economy down. But according to the latest CUNA Mutual Trends Report, things aren't quite bad as they seem.

Mobile wallet makers are not content to stay in their own backyards. Many prominent names in mobile payments are increasingly active on foreign soil.

How the company marketed and enrolled customers into its PayPal Credit product has resulted in a $25 million enforcement action from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

As CU Direct's annual "Drive" conference gets underway Wednesday in Glitter Gulch, the company is looking to expand awareness of its new Advisory Services.

CoastHills CU names three to new positions, CO-OP Financial Services elects three to Board and more.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has cited PayPal for illegally signing up consumers for online credit, the agency announced Tuesday.

The plan calls for the implementation of two new same-day settlement windows by March 2018. Fees that CUs and banks will pay each other to cover the cost of the upgrades have been decreased.

NCUA Board Member J. Mark McWatters recently had some sharp words for the CU regulator.

The regulatory relief package coming before the Senate Banking Committee Thursday would force the Federal Housing Finance Agency to withdraw the contentious proposal within 30 days.

Ent FCU focuses on electronics recycling, First City CU teams up with a children's hospital and more community news.

Sally Myers and Rob Johnson warned attendees of CUNA CFO Council's Annual Conference to always be aware of threats and to help their credit unions identify them ahead of time.

Credit union and banking trade groups sent a joint letter Friday urging members of the Senate Banking Committee to move forward on bipartisan regulatory relief legislation ahead of a markup next week.