The 220,000-member, $5.4 million San Diego County Credit Union reported that a debit card promotion tied to Bank Transfer Day wound up doubling the number of accounts the CU usually opens.

This year saw a regulation capping the interchange card issuers were able to earn on a debit card transaction come into effect for the first time in history.

Credit unions worked hard in 2011 to continue to build their housing finance programs even as the overall housing industry continued to struggle with low home prices, high foreclosure rates and significantly tighter mortgage underwriting rules.

A federal judge has dismissed most of the complaints financial institutions, including credit unions, brought against Heartland Payment Systems for its January 2009 card data breach.

Targets include 17,000 cards at Romanian bank.

Black Friday spending up 8.1% this year, CO-OP says.

Black Friday spending up 8.1% this year, CO-OP says.

Judge gives plaintiffs until Dec. 23 to re-present some of the claims from the 2009 data breach.