Payments/Credit/Debit

The National Foundation for Credit Counseling released poll findings that indicated that 26% of those polled intend to opt in to overdraft protection.

A controversial study from researchers affiliated with the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston suggests that lower income consumers who generally use more cash and debit cards subsidize the credit card use and rewards of wealthier consumers.

CU members that hold small business credit cards use those cards more often than small business owners use credit cards issued by banks, according to an analysis of data from Visa, Inc.

Credit card disclosures from credit unions are among the most and least readable in the country, according to an analysis by a leading credit card website.

Card Services for Credit Unions (CSCU) has partnered with MShift Inc., to offer its more than 3,000 member credit unions mobile functionality for their card-carrying end users.

A study published by the Experian credit bureau has found that consumers in the 20 largest metropolitan U.S. areas have sharply curtailed opening new credit card accounts.