The World Council of Credit Unions welcomed over 1,800 attendees in Gold Coast, Australia, last week. During the convention, participants networked and learned from industry experts on topics ranging from young adult membership to technology to credit union advocacy.

LAS VEGAS — With less than a year before implementation, the clock is ticking for financial institutions that need to overhaul mortgage disclosures.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Robert Scott has dedicated much of his life to helping credit union members, serving on Pentagon FCU's board of directors for the last 28 years.

LAS VEGAS — NCUA's Office of Small Credit Union Initiatives has undertaken an "impact study" to determine how effective it has been in working with small CUs.

The U.S. has no shortage of data on the causes and effects of the Great Recession. Regulators have drawn on that information in designing rules intended to curtail the possibility of a repeat event.

The refinancing boom of late has left its mark. With so many homeowners locked into mid-3% mortgage rates, the odds are they will stay put for awhile.

NEW YORK — It's a new day at Credit Union Journal, and along with that comes a vastly expanded and improved "Day in the Life of Credit Unions."

WESTERN, Wis. — WESTconsin Credit Union on Thursday named Lora Benrud as the new CEO of the $907 million CU.

DENVER — The need for more financial institutions to step up and serve the marijuana industry could not be more clear to Michael Elliott.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — NCUA issued only prohibition order in July, after nine such orders in May and six in June.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The NCUA Board unanimously approved a rule Thursday morning to eliminate the 5% cap on fixed assets.

Apple has big plans for payments, but it's not outspoken about what they are. However, more of its behind-the-scenes efforts are starting to leak; these six reports came in just the past two months.

WESTMINSTER, Colo. and WARRENVILLE, Ill. — System United Corporate Federal Credit Union, better known as SunCorp, on Wednesday announced its intent to merge with Alloya Corporate Federal Credit Union of Illinois.

BENSENVILLE, Ill. — The operations of Bensenville Community CU have been temporarily suspended by the Illinois Division of Financial Institutions.

The newly rebranded Visa Checkout is the latest of the card network's attempts to create a more streamlined, digital payment process that moves past the plastic card. Visa and Visa Europe have embarked on many projects around the globe in recent years, targeting e-commerce, mobile payments, P2P and other use cases.

VALDOSTA, Ga. — Tiny $12.2 million Nashville Credit Union is looking to merge into $198 million Southeastern FCU here, in a move both institutions are calling "strategic in nature."

The credit union trade associations scored some legislative victories Wednesday morning after the House Financial Services Committee passed several regulatory relief measures supported by both NAFCU and CUNA.

MADISON, Wis.—Compared with banks, credit unions are excelling at providing quality products and service, which is keeping consumers happier and more satisfied.

Distributed denial of service attacks have grown larger in scale, more sophisticated and harder to detect, according to three large technology vendors that have recently published analyses of attacks.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The NCUA Board will go over the regulator's 2014 mid-year operating budget when it holds its next scheduled meeting Thursday morning, and plans to introduce a rule that is expected to bring significant relief to credit unions.