More homeowners than ever may be walking away from their mortgages and leaving their imprint on what promises to be an already significantly different housing and mortgage market going forward.

A majority of consumers are aware that Congress passed credit card protections last year, but not as many are aware of what those protections actually are, according to survey conducted jointly by CUNA and the Consumer Federation of America.

An 86-year-old member of the $856 million NuUnion Credit Union won the Save To Win savings lottery sponsored by the Filene Research Institute and eight participating Michigan credit unions.

However Congress reforms the government-sponsored enterprises for the secondary mortgage market, NAFCU wants lawmakers to ensure stability in those markets through that reform.

Financial regulators including the NCUA released a statement today reassuring their regulated institutions that prudently made small business loans would not face "regulatory criticism."

More homeowners than ever are working to current on their card accounts even as their mortgages slip into delinquency, according to a survey from the TransUnion credit bureau.

A credit union that fought the NCUA to become a mutual bank in 2005 has moved on to become a stock-issuing bank.

The U.S. Treasury Department will make money from the Troubled Asset Relief Program available to credit unions, banks and thrifts that have been recognized as community development financial institutions by the Department's CDFI Fund.