BOSTON -- Credit union card marketers' competition has largely abandoned direct mail and is turning more toward branches to market their card products, according to a new report from the Aite Group.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. -- CO-OP Financial Services, the parent CUSO for the CO-OP Network of surcharge free ATMs, has added the ability for the Falcon fraud prevention system to decide whether or not to approve transactions in real time.

AUGUSTA, Maine -- Roughly ten members of the $51 million KV Federal Credit Union gathered at a members' home to discuss their dissatisfaction with a proposed plan to convert KV to a mutual bank charter and merge with a local bank.

WASHINGTON -- Any members of the $51 million K V Federal Credit Union who are opposed to the credit union's proposed charter change and merger with a local bank may find assistance from the National Cooperative Business Association.

CHICAGO -- Even as consumers began to significantly slow their spending, the amount of money Americans owe on their bankcards continued to rise, according to one of the leading credit bureaus.

AUGUSTA, Maine -- Mark Johnson, CEO of the Kennebec Savings Bank, has been elected to the board of the Independent Community Bankers of America.

WASHINGTON -- Card processor CMC and NAFCU Services Corporation are jointly offering a series of Web events aimed at credit unions that previously sold their credit card portfolios who wish to get back into card issuing.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Two community development credit unions were among the 17 banks and credit unions honored recently by San Francisco leaders for the effort to help lower income and unbanked San Franciscans.