The Tallahassee Democrat's Opinion Page "My View" column featured Florida Commerce CEO Cecilia Homison and her view on member business lending. ... More

Registration is still open for the April 6 BSA Essentials and BSA Advanced session in Mobile. ... More

Credit unions in Rhode Island are providing their members with flood damage assistance after heavy rainstorms on the East Coast caused flooding in the state and nearby areas.... More

The National Credit Union Administration on Friday encouraged credit unions in Delaware, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and West Virginia to work with members as they deal with damages and other issues related to the recent flooding and sever weather. ... More

The Vermont Senate took no action Friday on Senate Bill 138, the state's credit card bill that is opposed by credit unions, banks and payment processors, according to the Association of Vermont Credit Unions.... More

Congress can free up credit unions and boost the economy by lifting the cap on member business loans, an op-ed from the CEO of Florida Commerce CU in the Tallahassee Democrat suggested Friday.... More

The U.S. Treasury Department's direct deposit program, Go Direct, reminds credit unions and other national campaign partners to use financial literacy month as an opportunity to help members and customers "protect their money and improve their financial health by switching from paper checks to electronic payments for their federal benefits."... More

Employment increased in March, but it will take years to recover the jobs that were lost, let alone produce meaningful expansion in the labor market, according to Bill Hampel, CUNA chief economist.... More

Federal courts reported more than 158,000 personal bankruptcies during March--more than any other month since the Bankruptcy Reform Act was tightened in October 2005.... More

While Regulation Z does not currently cover over the phone applications for credit cards, CUNA has advised that credit unions that receive all necessary applicant information verbally, while still requiring the applicant to sign a text-version of their application at a later date, will "likely have satisfied the written application requirement" imposed on potential accountholders that are under 21 years of age.... More