SEATTLE and MARLBOROUGH, Mass. — Tuesday was a day of dueling press releases, as the trade associations representing the home states of the two participants in Super Bowl XLIX challenged each other to a tasty wager.

The digital-only offshoot of Customers Bank combines edgier technology — like letting consumers snap photos of their driver's license to open accounts — with a new business model that counts on interchange revenue rather than fees.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Ent Federal Credit Union said it will return $12.5 million to its members through a dividend, with each member in good standing as of the end of 2014 receiving a minimum payout of $25.

NCUA needs to work harder to prove its legal authority to issue a risk-based capital rule, to show that the rule is really needed and to make it the least intrusive and best possible for the credit unions they regulate and insure.

Implementing a new technology is never completely stress free, but credit unions are finding that Apple Pay rolls out easier than most.

Momentum is "building" for mobile payments technology Apple Pay from credit unions as well as consumers and merchants.

The Supreme Court has declined to take up an appeal from retailers seeking to toughen Federal Reserve Board restrictions on debit interchange fees charged by financial institutions.

Bethpage Federal Credit Union announced that it has appointed Wayne Grossé as its president and chief executive officer.

Industry stakeholders are hunkering down to go through NCUA's revised proposed rule on risk-based capital, but at first blush, response has been largely positive, even though the two primary CU trade groups still believe the rule simply isn't necessary, revised or not.

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CFE Federal Credit Union here has launched a new affinity debit card program for fans of the University of Central Florida Knights athletic teams.

The Minnesota Credit Union Foundation has established a new Financial & Audit Professionals Grant Fund.

Michigan State University FCU is participating in a program developed by Michigan State University to assist migrant students going through financial hardship as they pursue higher education.

NEW YORK — The National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions said it has introduced a new technical assistance program for credit unions that will feature a free TA hotline for Federation members, and has also established fee-based consulting services, which will be discounted for Federation members.

Under pressure from Congress and credit unions, the NCUA significantly dialed back its proposal to institute risk-based capital requirements, raising the threshold of which institutions must comply and softening other provisions.

Credit unions provide better interest rates on customers' checking and savings accounts than other financial institutions, according to a report from personal finance social network WalletHub, a unit of Evolution Finance.

System United Corporate Federal Credit Union (SunCorp) and Alloya Corporate FCU on Thursday said NCUA has approved the application for SunCorp to merge into Alloya.

RALEIGH, N.C. — State Employees' Credit Union (SECU), a $29-billion institution based in Raleigh, N.C., announced that President Barack Obama praised SECU for providing its consumer loan members with free access to their FICO credit scores.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The NCUA Board Thusday approved a payment of up to $50,000 to cover costs associated with the October 2014 data breach at Palm Springs FCU, which was caused when an NCUA examiner lost a thumb drive containing sensitive member information.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Wednesday that it was seeking comment on a so-called "safe student account scorecard" that colleges could use to see how financial institutions structure the fees, features and "sales tactics" of financial products to students before forming a partnership.