ARLINGTON, Va. -- Credit unions will need to turn to their cooperative and networking roots in order to better compete with an array of bigger bank competitors, credit union network executives have suggested.

AUGUSTA, Maine -- Even though he acknowledged the merger between the $51 million KV Federal Credit Union and Kennebec Savings Bank would take a competitor out of his market, an executive with another Augusta credit union wrote an opinion piece that the merger is a bad deal for credit union...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Credit unions considering ways to hike the use of their debit cards, increase interchange income and strengthen links to their communities might take a page from the experience of the $866 million New Mexico Educators Federal Credit Union.

MESA, Ariz. -- A new company has begun to pioneer prepaid gift cards through ATMs.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The recent announcement that Cardtronics will make 5,500 ATMs in 7-Eleven stores part of the Allpoint Network's surcharge-free ATM network takes Credit Union 24 to over 50,000 surcharge free ATMs.

ARLINGTON, Va. -- Credit unions will need to turn to their cooperative and networking roots in order to better compete with an array of bigger bank competitors, credit union network executives have suggested.

HAVERHILL, Mass. -- The members of the $97 million Northeast Community Credit Union have approved the merger between their credit union and a local community bank.

ATLANTA, Ga. -- Members of credit unions that participate in shared branching can now easily download shared branching locations nationwide into their personal navigation devices.