Connecticut has become the latest state to formally inaugurate a relationship with Real Solutions, the program run by the National Credit Union Foundation that seeks to help credit unions tailor their efforts to reach out to lower wealth members and communities.

It's no wonder that credit unions have found success offering a wide variety of loans to their members--after all, lending continues to be the foundation of our industry's product offerings. But in today's challenging environment, financial institutions are seeing a lackluster loan demand, as a result of a slower economy...

Although credit unions still lag other issuers in the adoption of platinum and other premium card products, there are indications in the card world overall that platinum card usage may not be growing from year to year. A survey of 2,000 adult cardholders conducted by Vertis Communications, an advertising, marketing...