Federal credit unions

Congress should hold hearings to investigate whether credit unions really qualify to operate as tax-advantaged Community Development Financial Institutions.

Members of $5.3 million-asset WJC Federal Credit Union will vote to merge into $3.2 billion-asset Truliant FCU, based in North Carolina.

The credit union regulator has held back in allowing the use of derivatives but has released a proposal that would remove red tape for some larger institutions.

The Southern California-based credit union would add a fourth branch in the Cowboy State if members of the merging credit union approve the deal.

Members of St. Matthews Federal Credit Union are set to vote on whether to join the $2.3 billion-asset Chartway before the end of the year.

Federal credit unions still account for more than 60% of active institutions, but their share of total assets continues to shrink.

Wallace Watanabe spent more than 40 years at the Honolulu-based credit union, including serving as CEO from 1992 until his retirement in 2013.

A decision that expands the low-income definition to all active-duty military personnel will only enable large credit unions to push out smaller competitors, removing choice for people in the military.

The Georgia-based credit union hopes to gain more flexibility to widen its field of membership by switching from a federal charter.

Cobalt Credit Union is currently a state-chartered institution but is looking to once again become a federal one because of Iowa state taxes.

The author of a recent op-ed fails to realize that making credit unions pay corporate taxes would drive up costs for customers and weaken the economy.

Despite what one critic says, Alaska USA Federal Credit Union’s acquisition of branches from TCF Financial will help underserved communities in Arizona.

The benefits include improved financial inclusion, the chairman of the NCUA argues.

Bankers may not want to hear this, but communities benefit when credit unions buy banks.

A former credit union CEO explains why it chose to become a bank, subject to taxes, and says Congress needs to intervene in discussions on an NCUA proposal to loosen capital standards.

The company created by the BB&T-SunTrust merger said that Truliant Federal Credit Union does not own the trademark rights to names beginning with the prefix "tru."

The company created by the BB&T-SunTrust merger said that Truliant Federal Credit Union does not own the trademark rights to names beginning with the prefix "tru."

House and Senate lawmakers have denied a push by banking groups to grant banks the rent-free access to military installations that credit unions have.

Navy Federal Credit Union is Exhibit A in banks' case to tax the credit union industry. But it wasn’t always seen as the powerhouse it is today. Meet Adm. Cutler Dawson, the man who changed that.

Navy Federal Credit Union is Exhibit A in banks' case to tax the credit union industry. But it wasn’t always seen as the powerhouse it is today. Meet Adm. Cutler Dawson, the man who changed that.