Should credit unions consider making student loans to students' parents, instead of the students themselves?

WASHINGTON — Robin Cook, longtime counsel for special projects for Credit Union National Association, is leaving CUNA for the American Bankers Association.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. — CO-OP Financial Services has signed an agreement that will give it a deeper foothold into Canada.

State Employees' CU has developed a pool of future executives and CEOs through a process its current chief executive calls "horizontal diversification."

The millennial generation, born between 1982 and 2000, will soon be coming into preeminence. This group — the credit union members of the future, is at least as large as the baby boom generation.

Machine-to-machine (M2M) communications are on the rise. From tracking room temperatures to monitoring equipment battery levels, these connected devices already have a solid foothold in today's corporate networks and together they contribute to the Internet of Things (IoT).

The potential for human error and fraud — such as a check being altered or deposited multiple times on different dates or at different credit union locations — are real and persistent challenges.

The first article in the series looked at the trend of CUs that specifically avoid referring to themselves as credit unions.

LATHAN, N.Y. — Community Resource Federal Credit Union's board of directors has named Terry Langlois as the new president and CEO, effective May 1.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has tapped the acting head of the Treasury Department's anti-money laundering and terrorism office to lead the department permanently.

Hillary Clinton just kicked off her presidential bid, but progressives have already begun a campaign of their own to shape the financial policy debate ahead of the 2016 elections.

The days where an employee could progress from the teller line to the corner office are largely gone, and as more and more baby boomers leave the job market, many top-level positions at credit unions are being filled by what might have once seemed unthinkable: former bankers.

Fort Atkinson, Wis. — Fort Community Credit Union on Thursday said it is preparing for the eventual retirement of chief executive Ronald Vogel by transitioning current Chief Operations Officer Susan Johnson to president.

Low-income borrowers are responsible for much of the recent surge in student loan defaults and delinquencies, according to new research by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Executives advance at ASI FCU, Liberty Bay CU and more.

ARLINGTON, Va. — Reports that Target is close to paying MasterCard nearly $20 million to reimburse credit unions and banks for the costs associated with the retailer's 2013 data breach is not good enough for one CU trade group.

WASHINGTON — A flurry of activity on Capitol Hill in the last two days, has given credit unions a hopeful glimpse of the regulatory relief they have been seeking for years.

WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the owner of several tax-preparation outlets who allegedly steered low-income clients into expensive loans against their anticipated refunds.

VIENNA, Va. — Navy Federal Credit Union said it has closed a "record-breaking deal" with the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation (MCHF) on a commercial construction loan to complete the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Va.

WASHINGTON — Banking conditions continue to improve in most regions around the country, despite some negative economic circumstances in other sectors, according to a Federal Reserve Board report released Wednesday.