HAVERHILL, Mass. -- An overwhelming majority of the roughly 100 members of the $98 million Northeast Community Credit Union who showed up at a Sept. 13 meeting voted to approve their CU's merger with nearby Haverhill Bank, according to press reports.

HAVERHILL, Mass. -- An overwhelming majority of the roughly 100 members of the $98 million Northeast Community Credit Union who showed up at a Sept. 13 meeting voted to approve their CU's merger with nearby Haverhill Bank, according to press reports.

The $296 million Lafayette Federal Credit Union expects to announce its choice for a new CEO within a week, the credit union said.

The $296 million Lafayette Federal Credit Union expects to announce its choice for a new CEO within a week, the credit union said.

Credit unions have faced a disproportionately high increase in recent robberies and now the Federal Bureau of Investigation is teaming up with lawmakers in one state to try to lower the robbery rate.

WASHINGTON -- The three former payday lending employees have largely backed up some of the most explosive criticisms that opponents of the controversial lending business have made: that payday lenders target members of minority groups and manipulate borrowers into long term indebtedness.

WASHINGTON, DC -- Three employees of a payday lender operating in Washington DC renounced the participation in the payday loan industry and apologized to the community during a dramatic August 12 press conference, according to press reports.

The NCUA has filed briefs with Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia seeking to have the court dismiss a case brought by the Coalition for Credit Union Charter Options against its regulations governing the CU to bank charter conversion process.