Federal credit unions

From honor chairs for POW/MIA service members to service dogs for wounded veterans and more, here's how CUs continue to make a difference in the lives of veterans and other members of the communities they serve.

Credit unions won't have to comply with the controversial rule until at least 2020, but a separate proposal on alternative capital could raise the ire of banking groups.

From helping kids to expanding access to low-cost financial services, here's another look at how credit unions are giving back.

From youth crisis centers to donations for those in need, here's another look at how credit unions are giving back.

The agencies issued a joint statement on the types collaborative arrangements that a bank could employ to make BSA/AML compliance more efficient.

Gerri Sexsion, who has led the credit union since 1997, is set to retire in early 2019.

The $506 million-asset GFA Federal Credit Union says it will begin accepting clients in the recreational marijuana business, making it the first Massachusetts financial institution to do so.

A new rule from the NCUA is designed to curry more favor with judges by establishing a detailed application process for expansion-minded credit unions. Banks complain it would be too permissive.

Credit union executives talked up a pending regulatory relief effort while endorsing a radical shift in direction by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau during a meeting with President Trump and other top White House officials on Monday.

Credit union groups were scrambling Wednesday to respond to a letter from Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch questioning whether the industry had outgrown its income-tax exemption.

U.S. Reps. Gwen Moore and Paul Cook introduced a bill this week would allow more credit unions to expand their fields of membership to underserved communities.

Today is the final day to submit photos for CU Journal's annual "A Day in the Life of Credit Unions" photo spread. Here's how you can be a part of it.

Warren Morrow Hispanic Growth Fund Grant focuses on outreach

Lawmakers signaled Monday that Congress will likely have a swift and powerful response to revelations that the credit reporting company Equifax was hacked, exposing 143 million people to identity theft.

The agency awarded grants in three areas: digital security, leadership development and technology aimed at enhancing a CU's capacity to serve the underserved.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's final rule to formalize guidance on a number of TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosures compliance points omits an originally proposed fix for the so-called black hole that's created when a mortgage closing is delayed.

The NCUA is letting federal credit unions securitize and sell assets. Such transactions would free up capital at credit unions, allowing them to make more loans.

The brand new low-income credit union will serve downtown Lincoln, Neb., and hopes to provide an alternative to predatory payday lenders.

Credit unions continue to press the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for regulatory relief, arguing that existing exemptions have not gone far enough.

Credit unions and financial institutions are required to take steps to protect against cyberattacks, but small businesses that process payments are not doing enough to protect the security of the financial system, a credit union executive said Wednesday.