The administration's new step empowers Treasury to freeze assets of those behind attacks that harm the U.S. financial system or other "critical" infrastructures.

WASHINGTON—Mary Hughes, a former officer and director with the National Association of State Credit Union Supervisors is among those included in the latest round of appointments and reappointments to the State Liaison Council at the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council.

The mortgage application and closing process is once again facing an overhaul. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will soon require lenders to provide customers with integrated disclosure forms, which aim to clarify costs associated with real estate transactions. As with any new process, the switch poses a number of challenges for lenders — and could even put business at risk during implementation. Here are five pitfalls to look out for in the process.

Retired director honored with special flag, branch gets a makeover and more news from CUs across the country.

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — NCUA on Tuesday liquidated tiny North Dade Community Development Federal Credit Union.

Credit unions as a whole will continue to grow their share of the mortgage market in 2015 and into 2016, say industry experts.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — NCUA's latest round of prohibition orders bans seven people from taking part in the affairs of any federally insured financial institution, including three former employees of Cleveland's Taupa Lithuanian CU.

A new forecast from NCUA says the economic outlook for 2015 is solid, but rising unemployment in oil-producing regions are making that forecast slightly less sunny than it was a few months ago.

BRUSSELS, Belgium — The World Council of Credit Unions has expressed its concerns over the phenomenon of Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) customer "de-risking" with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) at an FATF consultative forum held in Brussels late last week.

During his 21 years in Congress, Mel Watt helped usher in several major changes to the financial services industry, from the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to the Dodd-Frank Act.

TOTOWA, N.J. — At least one New Jersey credit union is dealing with fraudulent checks presented to title companies for large dollar amounts.

ARLINGTON, Va. — The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) has released two statements concerning ways that financial institutions, including credit unions, can identify and mitigate cyber-attacks that compromise user credentials or use destructive software, known as malware.

A quick look at who's climbing the credit union ladder.

DENVER — A credit union chartered to serve the legal marijuana industry here remains in a holding pattern nearly four months after it was slated to open, with seemingly no opening date in site.

GLENDORA, Calif. — America's Christian Credit Union CEO Mendell Thompson was elected to serve on the Glendora City Council.

NEW YORK — A Columbia University review of financial statements at merchants like Sony, Target and Home Depot reveals that merchants barely notice the financial hit they take as the result of data breaches.

Rancho Vino event and other fundraisers, advocacy efforts across the nation.

TACOMA, Wash. — Sound CU is looking to acquire tiny Port of Seattle Federal Credit Union via merger.

WASHINGTON — Credit union trade groups are applauding new legislation that would require banking agencies to review Dodd-Frank Act rules as part of a mandated process to assess the relevance of financial rules.

RYE, N.Y. — PepsiCo Employees Federal Credit Union will merge into USAlliance Federal Credit Union, here, effective March 28.