WASHINGTON — House lawmakers clashed this week over a bill making changes to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that would cap the agency's budget in coming years.

Strategic Link, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Northwest Credit Union Association, has added Mirador Financial, a small business lending platform for financial institutions, to the list of service providers available to CUs.

BURNSVILLE, Minn. — US Federal Credit Union Wednesday announced it has surpassed $1 billion in assets.

WASHINGTON — The House is preparing to vote on two cybersecurity bills this week, kicking off the latest push to improve information sharing between private companies and the government about potential attacks and threats.

WASHINGTON — NAFCU President and CEO Dan Berger told a congressional panel Wednesday that cybercrime has reached a level of "epic proportions" that must be dealt with by lawmakers.

PEWAUKEE, Wis. — The Wisconsin Credit Union League, the Cooperative Network and representatives from credit unions across the state are strongly opposing a bill in the state senate that calls for a merger of several state regulators — including the body that oversees state-chartered CUs — into one super agency.

TBA CU marks student savings milestone and other community news.

SEATAC, Wash., and TIGARD, Ore. — The Northwest Credit Union Association on Tuesday said it has unveiled a "new online dating website" for its CUs.

MERIDEN, Conn.—Small credit unions in Connecticut are set to receive marketing assistance for the rest of 2015 thanks to a partnership between the Connecticut CU League and a marketing firm specializing in credit union promotions.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Judy Tharp, CEO of Piedmont Advantage CU here, has been named to the Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.

Rep. Patrick McHenry said Democrats' resistance to passing certain regulatory relief measures is due to a leftward shift.

FICO recently unveiled a pilot program under which a dozen of the country's largest credit card issuers will use data from "alternative" sources to generate credit scores for an estimated 15 million Americans who are either unbanked or under-banked and, up until now, had no credit score.

Executives advance at Notre Dame FCU, Keesler FCU, Teachers CU and more.

CUNA is trying to recruit at least one credit union from each of the 50 states to join a class-action lawsuit against Home Depot in connection with a massive data breach at the retail giant late last year.

As pot businesses wait for Fourth Corner CU, chartered in Colorado specifically to serve legal marijuana shops, to open its doors for business, one bank in Oregon has decided to close its doors to such businesses.

NCUA Board Member Mark McWatters drew a big crowd to a discussion of regulatory relief during the Cornerstone Credit Union League's recent Annual Meeting here, so Credit Union Journal asked attendees what reg relief they would most like to see.

Alhambra CU celebrates at the Wildlife World Zoo and other news from CUs across the country.

PLYMOUTH, Minn. — TruStone Financial FCU announced it has surpassed the $1 billion mark in assets. The milestone came at the close of Q1, making TSFFCU one of Minnesota's largest financial institutions.

PORTLAND, Maine — Synergent Technology Services has signed Manchester, N.H.-based Members First Credit Union to use the Episys Core Processing Solution by Symitar.

ELGIN, Ill.—Lending Solutions Inc. announced it has signed eight new clients for its lending and contact center services during Q1.