SAN ANTONIO – Steven Levitt, an economist with the University of Chicago and co-author of the best-sellers “Freakonomics” and “SuperFreakonomics”, believes in the value of data and especially in the value of studying it in new ways.

SAN ANTONIO - MasterCard Worldwide is still studying whether and how to put into place a two-tier interchange schedule to accord with coming debit cap regulations, according to an executive with the card brand.

Credit union mortgage organizations and trade associations are casting a wary eye on a proposed regulation meant to encourage issuers of mortgage-backed securities to use safer mortgages to back their bonds.

WASHINGTON — Skeptics dominated a conference on the impact of a proposed cap on debit interchange that was held on the same day Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke informed Congress that the Fed will miss an April 21 deadline to announce the regulation's final version.

Credit unions have a large stake in the debate over how to reform the secondary mortgage market but may need exceptional patience and endurance to see it through to the end.

The $353 million First Financial Credit Union, headquartered in Albuquerque, N.M., hopes to find a buyer that can take a multimillion dollar mistake off its balance sheet.

SAN ANTONIO – Social media is already having a direct impact in the way credit unions communicate with their members and the world at large, even if they don't have a social media strategy, a leading author and executive said.

SAN ANTONIO – A leading business consultant told credit union executives attending PSCU Financial Services' 2011 Senior Leadership Workshop and Member Forum today that they need to sell their employees on their CUs' strategic plans before it will be able get members to buy them.