The Valley of the Sun YMCA and Arizona Federal have teamed up for financial literacy.

Even though bank robberies overall increased relatively slightly, from 6,957 in 2005 to 7,272 in 2006 (4.5% for the year), robberies at credit unions jumped far higher than robberies at banks, according to numbers collected by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

A group of Evansville area credit unions are getting an early start on planning for International Credit Union Day Oct. 18 with a co-op ad campaign and a media blitz highlighting a $50,000 fundraiser to build a home for Habitat for Humanity.

Minnesota's Plastic Card Security Act is set to go into effect on August 1 and it has already begun to have an impact on cardholder peace of mind, according to a story in the <em>Minneapolis Star Tribune</em>.