One question NCUA Board Member Gigi Hyland said she often gets asked by credit unions during her many travels is on the process of becoming a lender with the Small Business Administration.

Altura Credit Union, Riverside, Calif., recently awarded $16,450 in college scholarships to 17 Riverside County high school graduates. This is an increase of $4,700 over last year's scholarship awards. The scholarship program was open to all Riverside County high school seniors who planned on enrolling in an accredited post-secondary institution...

Members of the $332 million Lafayette Federal Credit Union began to receive their charter conversion ballots and the disclosure packets that accompany them last week. The CU also took the somewhat unusual step of posting them on its Web site (www.lfcu.org) for the public to access. As has become customary,...

Detection of card fraud requires vigilance of outside vendors to ensure processors follow the "60/40 rule where the system detects 60% of the fraud," according to a CUNA Mutual Group senior risk manager.