Call it yet another sign of the impact of harder times on the economy. The Mortgage Bankers Association has puts its award-winning Washington headquarters building on the market less than year after the association bought it.

A nationally known CU card consultancy is working on launching a Web site that will help consumers find consumer friendly credit union credit cards in their area.

Card Services for Credit Unions, the association of credit unions that process their card transactions on the FIS platform, is expanding its consulting program for credit cards to include debit cards as well.

Credit Union 24 has announced that three more credit unions have joined the network. The addition brings 35,000 more credit union members and $225 million more in assets to the national credit union-owned ATM and EFT network.

A federally chartered credit union in New York is challenging a tax that the state imposes on mortgage origination, arguing that its federal charter preempts any state taxation.

Credit unions can and should persevere in building both revenue and membership during this economic downturn.

Some of the alleged victims of David K Henke, the former CEO of the $6 million Rapids Municipal Credit Union, felt cheated on Nov. 2 when he failed to appear to answer embezzlement charges. Little did they know that he had already committed suicide

NCUA Board Chairman Debbie Matz has sent a letter to the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the regulator and conservator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, seeking resolution of a dispute over some mortgages that credit unions complain were stolen.