HOUSTON -- A survey of debit card issuers sponsored by PULSE suggests that further penetration by debit cards where cardholders validate their transactions with a signature may be harder to get.

LOS ANGELES-- The Federal Reserve will hold a hearing today for public comments on the proposed merger of Bank of America and Countrywide Financial Corporation. The merger, which must be approved by the Fed, would make BofA the nation's largest mortgage lender and the country's biggest bank.

SILVER SPRING, Md. -- The National Foundation for Credit Counseling and MSN Money 2008 Consumer Financial Literacy Survey reveals that when it comes to financial education there is still much to do.

LAS VEGAS -- For its data processing and network outreach to more than 165 credit unions, CU*Answers is the recipient of NACUSO's 2008 CUSO Innovation and Collaboration award.