WASHINGTON — CUNA and NAFCU are watching the House Financial Services Committee closely today, hoping the panel votes not only to provide regulatory relief for credit unions, but also approves a legislative amendment that could delay implementation of NCUA's risk-based capital rule.

CHUBBUCK, Idaho — Police believe they have identified the man who walked into ISU Credit Union last weekend, displayed a gun and tied up two employees before leaving with an undisclosed amount of money.

WICHITA, Kan. — Two Kansas credit unions on Monday announced their intent to merge, a move that would create an institution with a combined 15 branches, $525 million in assets and more than 70,900 members.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. — CO-OP Financial Services is expanding its popular THINK initiative, adding a series of four free regional one-day events to go along with its annual conference.

LAS VEGAS-The board of directors at 1st Community FCU wanted to surprise chief executive Bill Nikolauk with the news he had been named CEO of the Year for credit unions with under $250 million by NAFCU.

JACKSON, Miss.—To effectively manage a credit union's social media presence, staff can't look at the time clock.

LAS VEGAS — NCUA plans to propose a rule to "effectively eliminate" the 5% cap on fixed assets, NCUA Chairman Debbie Matz announced.

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.

A look at the most recent images highlighting all the good things credit unions have been doing in their neighborhoods.

After credit unions descended on Las Vegas last week for NAFCU's annual meeting, here's a slideshow round-up of what happened.

OLYMPIA, Wash. — William Paulen has been named president and CEO of Generations Credit Union here.

SAN DIEGO — Financial institutions this year have shown greater interest in marketing to "mobile-only" consumers, and mobile deposit is becoming the preferred way to load prepaid cards and deposit checks.

MOLINE, Ill. — If time really is money, then IH Mississippi Valley CU had a lot to lose when paper documents were missing in action.

WASHINGTON — Small credit unions that deploy a full suite of technology offerings — including remote deposit capture, mobile and online banking — stand a better chance at sustainable growth than those that do not.

RYE, N.Y. — USAlliance Federal Credit Union has become the first North American financial institution to adopt the European in-branch Customer Relation Manager (CRM) kiosk solution, HappyOrNot.

LAS VEGAS — NCUA Chairman Debbie Matz reiterated last week that the agency plans to make "significant changes" to its proposed risk-based capital rule, but some industry stakeholders were still skeptical of how the final rule will look, particularly if it isn't reissued for a second comment period.

Credit Union Journal has always had a strong digital presence but even I was surprised to see the growth numbers for the first half of 2014. During this period, pageviews at www.cujournal.com grew by almost 20%.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Thanks to host card emulation (HCE), tap-and-go may well become the primary way consumers pay with their phones at the point of sale.

American employees continue to face financial struggles as they work to recover from the great recession.

Credit unions, too, continue to be impacted as digital channels become increasingly important to members, and traditional brick and mortar services cease to be prominent member service and member acquisition strategies.