SAN FRANCISCO- Ballots are racing back to Patelco Credit Union from members anxious to vote on the issue of converting from a federally insured state chartered credit union to private deposit insurance coverage. The conversion has caught the attention of the credit union community not only because it is the...

WASHINGTON-The Federal Reserve Board's 88th annual report found that very few consumers filed complaints against credit unions during 2001. Last year the Fed received a total of 4,502 consumer complaints against financial institutions, but only a mere 39 concerned credit union activities. The majority of the credit union complaints were...

ARLINGTON, Va. - Seventy-seven percent of automated teller machine (ATM) users have told surveyors that they are primarily interested in the money the ATM offers, which might explain why only 5% of the nation's over 320,000 ATM have been outfitted to be able to sell stamps as well as other...

NEW YORK -Despite protests from card association lawyers, there is a consensus among other attorneys familiar with credit card anti-trust cases that VISA and MasterCard's fight with retailers could cost the associations, and other card issuers, their so-called "Honor All Cards" rules. As the name suggests, the Honor All Cards...