WASHINGTON — CUNA SVP and deputy general counsel Mary Dunn is set to leave the trade group in April.

Home prices have not recovered enough to protect the states with high concentrations of home equity lines of credit whose rates are scheduled to reset in the next few years.

CUNA and NAFCU joined no less than five other financial trade groups in signing a letter to Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-Texas) supporting his bill that calls for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to be overseen by a five-member commission.

NuMark CU remembers fallen soldiers, Hanscom donates $30K to homeless and more.

When Mike Mercer spearheaded a special outreach campaign in Georgia, the name of that project sums up what he, and the credit union movement, have always sought to do: "Helping People Afford Life."

Three years ago, Schumacher was given the 2012 Wegner Anchor Award for his many years of service to the NCUF. Schumacher is the only person who has received both the Anchor Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray said a review of its "qualified mortgage" rule will allow enough time to consider changes if lawmakers fail to make progress on housing finance before a key deadline.

At least one of the major banks appears to be pulling back from auto lending, and credit unions may be well poised to pick up the slack.

A bill has been introduced in the California Assembly that would set rules around digital currencies like Bitcoin.

Focus Federal Credit Union announced it has earned its Community Development Financial Institution certification.

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals today revived NCUA's suit against Barclays Capital that claims the bank misrepresented more than $555 million in mortgage-backed securities (MBS) that led to the failure of Western Corporate FCU and U.S. Central FCU.

NCUA will webcast a seminar on field of membership expansion and improved service to underserved communities, the agency announced Tuesday.

Roughly 12.7 million Americans were hit with identity fraud in 2014, a 3% drop from a year earlier, while losses tied to that fraud fell 11% to $16 billion, said the study, which was released by Javelin Strategy & Research.

Mark Holbrook spent 40 total years with California and Colorado-based ECCU, ascending to its chief executive position after only four years. He will retire at the end of May in this ECCU's 50th year of operations.

MUSKEGO, Wis. — Jim Schrimpf has retired from his position on the board of directors at Corporate Central CU here, with Jay Magulski set to take his place on the corporate CU's board.

BETHALTO, Ill. — The final bell has rung for School District #9 Credit Union in Granite City, Ill., as it was officially merged into $585 million 1st MidAmerica Credit Union, here.

With less than a week before credit union execs are due to descend on Capitol Hill as part of CUNA's GAC, Congress swings into action.

WASHINGTON — Two senior members of the House Financial Services Committee on Monday introduced H.R. 1188, the Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act, which would increase the member business lending cap for qualified credit unions to 27.5% from its current 12.25%.

Vincent Hui, senior director with Cornerstone Advisors Inc. in Scottsdale, Ariz., said he expects interest rates will go up "a little bit" in 2015, but nowhere near the sharp rise some forecasters predicted near the end of 2014.

WASHINGTON — A new bill in Congress would call for the Government Accountability Office to study the NCUA budget.