WASHINGTON -- Credit union leaders and executives celebrated some of their industry's efforts to help students and immigrants better their financial lives at the National Credit Union Foundation's 2010 Wegner Awards dinner.

WASHINGTON -- CSCU President Robert Hackney wants everyone to know that the association's days of being seen as playing a more junior role with card issuing credit unions have ended.

Depending on which analysis you follow, between 22 and 24 credit unions sold their credit card portfolios and entered into an agent-issuing agreement with purchasers in 2009, according to NCUA data.

The failure of a former credit union that converted first to a mutual bank and then to a fully stock issuing bank was looming on the horizon, according to press reports and government filings.

The Financial Service Centers Cooperative, one of two nationwide shared branching networks, has rolled out an updated logo and streamlined Web site to try to emphasize its broader work with credit unions.

Representative Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.), the most senior Republican on the House Financial Services Committee told attendees of CUNA's GAC on Feb. 24 that it was time for Congress to lift the cap on credit union's business lending.

The credit card market in the wake of the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act may be the most favorable ever for credit union card programs

Despite an ongoing war on cash conducted by the major credit and debit card brands