WASHINGTON - NAFCU today again urged lawmakers to use some of the money set aside to help troubled financial institutions to buy bad mortgages.

ARLINGTON, Va. -- Credit unions are seeing delinquency in their credit card portfolios rise, but the numbers still lag those being posted by bank credit card issuers, according to data from the American Bankers Association and Asset Exchange.

WASHINGTON - In one of his last acts in office, President Bush plans to ask Congress to release the additional $350 billion allocated for the Troubled Assets Relief Program though lawmakers want to place additional safeguards on how the money is spent.

SAN FRANCISCO - The current economic climate has got consumers taking a closer, harder look at their debt.