The $98 million Northeast Community Credit Union, a state chartered credit union headquartered in Andover, has set Sept. 13 for the date of a special meeting to discuss and vote on a proposal to merge with Haverhill Bank, a mutual bank also headquartered in Andover according to a local press...

The $1.7 billion Coastal Federal Credit Union, the second largest credit union in North Carolina, has joined Allpoint Network, the ATM network that is a subsidiary of Cardtronics has announced.

In a move that bucks what has become somewhat of a trend, Fidelity National Information Services, the largest processor of credit union card transactions, has picked up the card accounts of the MaPS or Marion and Polk Schools Credit Union.

Shem Culpepper, the CEO of the $113 million First Basin Credit Union which has filed to convert its charter to that of a mutual bank, worked for the NCUA as an examiner from September of 1987 to August of 1995, the agency has confirmed.

Visa USA has made available more details of how large and comprehensive a financial education program it has offered to allow credit unions to offer their members free of charge.

Justice Department officials heard how credit unions can help in community development and crime fighting while attending an Aug. 24 national conference in Detroit sponsored by the Department.

There are signs across the credit union card space that credit unions are beginning to turn back to credit union owned and operated firms for solutions to their ATM, debit and credit challenges.

In the wake of its 2006 attempt to convert to a mutual bank, Lafayette Federal Credit Union has been struggling and steadily shrinking, even as the CUs leadership has pressed its legal case against its former CEO over the failed attempt.