Grameen America, once eyeing North Carolina for the launch of a federal credit union, will receive a $450,000 grant to help spur small business growth in low-income communities there.

More than 9,000 credit union members got e-statements and one won a Wii in a contest sponsored by a Michigan-based CUSO.

With emerging trends in data replication, credit unions now have a cost-effective, efficient and more technically advanced alternative to current tape-based disaster-recovery scenarios.

A new fraud-fighting network launched by Microsoft and a cyber-crime fighting alliance includes a pair of Washington state credit unions among its first participants.