With a Senate debate and a presidential town hall meeting on the subject, proposed changes to the rules regarding credit cards will receive considerable attention this week.

Despite California being one of the hardest hit states in lending, Member Business Services said its 2008 loan portfolio surpassed 2007 by 32% and so far, the momentum has continued.

PSCU Financial Services is now processing more than a million messages a day on a new gateway data hub centered on software from Metastorm, a global provider of enterprise architecture and business process management tools.

The NCUA said there has been no unusual activity in the area of account closures or withdrawals at Eastern Financial Florida Credit Union two weeks after the $1.6 billion financial institution was placed in conservatorship.