ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Arriving at the NCUA Board a month ago now, NCUA Vice Chairman Rodney Hood has received a new assignment. Hood has been named to the NeighborWorks Board of Directors, according to the group's Web site (www.nw.org). The board includes representatives from each of the federal banking agencies and the...

HARRISBURG, Pa. - As part of the latest push to enact legislation in Pennsylvania to regulate payday lending, Pennsylvania Secretary of Banking Bill Schenck testified last week before the state Senate Banking and Insurance Committee on how the Pennsylvania Department of Banking could regulate the practice and safeguard consumers. Two...

WASHINGTON-The results of a new Bankrate.com survey on checking and ATM fees at large banks and thrifts, when compared with CUNA data on credit union fees, found the non-profits more consumer-friendly. Even as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation announced another quarter of record earnings, Bankrate.com released a checking survey finding...

NEW CASTLE, Del. - The Delaware Credit Union League has tapped one of its veteran credit union volunteers as its new president/CEO. After completing a national search Patrick Mahaney, a 25-year credit union volunteer succeeds Bob Walls who left the Delaware League in July to head up the New Jersey...