Four national consumer groups have urged the Federal Reserve to clamp down on practices, they charged, large issuers have put into place to avoid the most recent credit card reform act.

CUNA CEO Dan Mica praised today's General Accounting Office report on credit card interchange for recognizing how important card interchange is for card issuing credit unions.

Neither card issuers like credit unions nor card acceptors such as merchants are liable to be terribly happy with the recent General Accounting Office Report on the credit card interchange.

The $415 Million Smart Financial Credit Union has rolled out instant issuance for debit cards.

For Donna LoStocco and the leadership the $1.9 billion Affinity Federal Credit Union, national news headlines are opportunities to educate both Affinity members and the world at large about the advantages the credit union offers.

Credit unions are having a strong showing at this year's convention of the National Association of Realtors.

The National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions will sponsor what is it has called an "intensive seminar" on the Community Reinvestment Act and the NCUA's data collection

There may be no greater sign of marijuana's rising profile in the national economy than this: a company has announced medical marijuana will soon have its own pre-paid debit card.