When NCUA Chairman Debbie Matz spoke at a December Senate hearing on new regulations on natural person credit union risk concentrations, she pointed out that the regulator is also looking into performing its own exams of third-party vendors that provide services to NCUSIF-backed credit unions.

A program developed by the Filene Institute's i3 initiative has won a $300,000 grant from the Center for Financial Services Innovation to roll out a program that will reward CU members who have low FICO scores for making loan payments on time.

On issues such as debit interchange and limiting the growth of future regulations, banks and credit unions are on the same side of the political divide. On others, such as credit unions tax-exempt status and raising the cap on member business lending, the industries interests diverge.

Overturning a proposed debit interchange cap on legal grounds may set a precedent against exempting credit unions from future regulations that affect large banks and other financial institutions.

As investors recover from the economic meltdown of 2007 through 2009, they are anxious to find attractive investment returns.

The Credit Union Financial Counseling Certification Program has been revamped to include more student options.

Bernie Metz, former CEO of the Center Valley Federal Credit Union, is ordered to repay the NCUA more $4.65 million.

A recent study by the Center for Responsible Lending found that not only have the new credit card rules mandated by the CARD Act of 2009 resulted in significantly greater price transparency for consumers, but, despite grim predictions, actual prices have remained stable and available credit has not tightened beyond...