Card Services for Credit Unions, the association of credit unions that process their card transactions with FIS, announced the $5 billion Suncoast Schools Federal Credit has signed on for credit, debit and ATM processing.

The National Credit Union Foundation made financial education the overwhelming focus of its grant making for next year, allocating over $294,000 to 15 credit union financial education projects.

A credit union in Memphis, Tenn., has struck upon an approach to its foreclosed properties that could provide an example for both credit unions and banks on how to address the large stock of real estate they have come to own.

An executive with the $4.3 billion Alaska USA Federal Credit Union said the CU had long planned on returning to shared branching in the California branches it acquired from Arrowhead FCU.

The Credit Union Association of New York has joined up with consumer and banker groups in a campaign to warn consumers of fake check scams.

A $600 million credit union that has been with FIA Card Services ended an agent-issuing card relationship with that organization and is launching an agent-issuing program with Elan Financial Services.

The National Consumer Law Center, a longtime opponent of some credit union payday loan alternative programs, has recommended qualities that a credit card that is "safe" for consumers would have.

Even if the Federal Reserve Board crafts debit interchange regulations that are careful to exempt credit unions, CUs will still lose some debit interchange income from unfavorable network changes.