ARLINGTON, Va. - Credit unions contemplating selling their credit card portfolios often face a challenging and unfamiliar process. While they might be assured that their card portfolios are worth something, and may even have received an offer or two out of the blue, they frequently have few means of measuring...

ARLINGTON, Va. - The ongoing relationship between two New York City credit unions and check cashers in the city, after getting off to a somewhat shaky start, has continued to grow. Last week, Actors Federal Credit Union, a $77 million institution located in Manhattan and one of the institutions working...

ARLINGTON, Va. - A landmark report on credit union credit card management and options has drawn praise from all quarters of what is often an otherwise contentious and competitive industry. The report, prepared by Washington D.C.-based Callahan and Associates, reflected responses from a survey of 1,300 credit unions which issue...

ARLINGTON, Va. - With more than 27 million consumers across the U.S. having been victimized by identity theft in the last five years, according to the Federal Trade Commission, credit unions have wanted to do more to help their members counter the threat. But a noted security consultant says there...

One controversial approach to training that some credit unions have adopted is mock robberies, where police act in the role of robbers and as themselves responding to a robbery. The $230 million Heritage Community FCU, headquartered in Rancho Cordova, California annually participates in a special one-night training program with the...

ARLINGTON, Va. - Although CUNA Mutual, the insurer for over 95% of the nation's credit unions, reports that the pace of credit union robberies so far this year is somewhat slower than it has been in past years, the recent violent attack at the Webster, New York, branch of the...

ARLINGTON, Va. - The U.S. Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund is eight years old this year and things are a changing. Up until now it has provided many community development credit unions with access to capital and technical assistance grants that they have used to grow their programs. But...

ARLINGTON, Va. - For many outside the ATM world, the U.S. ATM industry can appear as one of constant change. New types of cards, new types of machines, new networks with new payment strategies can make even the hardiest financial executives throw up their hands. But despite some recent developments...