WASHINGTON - Despite fixed rate mortgages rising to more than 6.0% in July, sales of existing homes rose 5% to a record high of last month, the National Association of Realtors reported. Sales of already owned homes rose to a seasonally adjusted rate of 6.12 million. Some analysts had forecasted...

HAMILTON, New Zealand - New "hole-in-the-wall" automatic teller machines - giving credit union members unfettered access for the first time to ATMs at their own financial institutions - will be launched Sept. 11 at the New Zealand Association of Credit Unions annual conference here. The introduction of the new machines...

SAN FRANCISCO - Financial Finesse will be providing financial-education content to the Internet sites of the 20 credit unions belonging to the CUTech Technology Research Consortium. Financial Finesse is a San Francisco-based provider of unbiased financial education programs. CUTech is a provider of technology research, software, and consulting services. Consortium...