A new service from Fiserv Inc. promises to give credit unions a more active role in small consumer payments.

Consolidation to create $492 million, 57,000-member Indianapolis institution.

For the first time since 2008, credit unions added a significant number of new employees to their payrolls.

Thanks to a new $500,000 endowment to help the community, Canada's Enderby & District Credit Union will start awarding grants to charities in 2014.