Apple Pay's contactless payment model may be straightforward and simple, but it's not the only way to move funds without cards and cash. Many companies are coming up with alternatives that work from phones, smartwatches and other devices.

The nation's oldest CU celebrates its employees' longevity and other personnel news from across the country.

Online banking, ATMs and other advances have limited face-to-face transactions, but new Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. research says the brick-and-mortar office isn't going anywhere just yet.

WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will continue its work to ensure credit reports are fair and freely given to consumers, agency director Richard Cordray said Thursday.

KEY WEST, Fla. — Keys Federal Credit Union, which was placed into voluntary conservatorship by NCUA in September 2009, announced that it generated "improved performance" in 2014 by "focusing on greater efficiency and consumer lending."

As NCUA and CFPB consider raising their respective asset ceilings, CU executives are weighing in.

Instead of going through the front "technology" door at financial institutions, where CUs have stronger information security programs in place, they're taking the side door — through retail chains and third-party vendors.

Great boards have great dynamics among their fellow members. Contemporary research points to a parallel between successful board dynamics and overall value for a credit union.

Clearly, that letter, penned by Tom Pinnow, president of County City CU in Jefferson, Wis., had touched a nerve. You can read it on page 6 of this edition of Credit Union Journal under the headline "If Small CUs Die Off, What Happens to Movement?"

St. Mary's Bank sponsors after-school art program — and other CUs' community advocacy efforts.

Hospital sponsorship will save lives — and other ways CUs are enhancing the communities they serve.

CU exec takes pie in the face for charity — and other great things CUs are doing in their communities.

If you thought American Express' loss Thursday of a big antitrust case would help its rivals, think again. Visa, MasterCard, and even card-issuing institutions could be hurt by the race to lower merchant fees that the ruling will set off.

Members of System United Corporate Federal Credit Union (SunCorp) voted "overwhelmingly" to approve a proposed merger with Alloya Corporate FCU, the two corporates said on Thursday.

CFPB officials are keeping a close watch on the Qualified Mortgage and ability-to-repay rules to gauge whether further changes should be made. But mortgage numbers don't give a clear picture on what kind of impact they've had.

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — The National Association of Credit Union Service Organizations says NCUA is in the wrong for asking Congress to expand the federal credit union regulator's authority over CUSOs and vendors that do business with CUs.

NCUA approved a proposed rule that would raise the asset ceiling for its definition of a "small entity" credit union by $50 million to $100 million.

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — The two largest credit unions in Riverside County, Calif., on Thursday announced their intention to merge to create a $1.1 billion institution serving 118,000 members in the "Inland Empire" region of Southern California.

NEW YORK — Does the Big Apple really need two credit unions to serve its law enforcement community?

At the top of the agenda for Thursday's NCUA Board meeting is a review of how the agency defines small. One small CU suggests this is a hugely important topic for the industry.