The $193 million Altier Credit Union has issued a press release to promote the Financial Services Center Cooperatives' shared branching through Vcom kiosks located in 7-Eleven convenience stores.

Shared branching got a boost into more of the credit union conscience in the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita and their aftermath and there are indications it might be getting another in the wake of the October's tremendous fires in California.

The National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions is seeing its longstanding effort to raise money for community development credit unions to use as capital starting to gather some real momentum.

A recent survey from research firm Gartner, Inc., suggests that credit unions should continue to make the case that they have generally lower fee structures than do banks.

TNB Card Services, the card processing arm of credit union owned Town North Bank, has announced that the $210 million Golden Plains Credit Union of Garden City, Kansas has moved its card processing to the CUSO. The credit union will move 5,400 signature debit cards and more than 3,000 credit...

Shell oil has rolled out a biometric payment method at 10 of its gas stations in the Chicago area. Consumers who enroll in the pay by touch program will be able to purchase their gasoline at the pump with the touch of their finger to a biometric reader.

PSCU Financial Services, the payments processing CUSO with over 500 credit union owners that use the First Data Corp. card platform, has joined the PCI Security Standards Council as a participating organization. As a participating organization, the cooperative will work with the Council to evolve the PCI Data Security Standard...

After years as Executive Director of the National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions, the organization has named Clifford Rosenthal president and CEO.