SAN DIEGO — The fight over the stalled merger between San Diego County Credit Union and California Coast CU escalated Monday after SDCCU’s outside counsel accused Cal Coast of being in “a state of denial”—a week after NCUA formally declined to move the deal forward in its current form.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va.―NCUA board approved the continuation of a temporary 18% interest rate ceiling for loans made by federal credit unions, the agency announced Friday.
TAMPA—Velera capped a pivotal 2025 by rolling out technology that allows credit unions to approve a digital loan and provision a payment card into a member’s mobile wallet in less than a minute and a half—a signal of how quickly the company is pushing toward real-time, frictionless payments and lending experiences.
PITTSBURGH—Credit unions have long been “data rich but insight poor,” according to one company that has introduced a new free tool that aims to change that — and its most intriguing promise may be the ability to surface early warning signs of risk before they fully show up in a credit union’s bottom line.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Outdated NCUA loan-term limits may be putting credit unions at a competitive disadvantage in fast-growing markets like solar financing and manufactured housing—but Chairman Kyle Hauptman’s regulatory relief push could be a means to finally open the door to change, says Dennis Dollar.
SAN ANTONIO—For decades, credit unions have wrestled with the same stubborn question: how do you bring younger members into a cooperative system built largely around older generations?
WASHINGTON--A partial U.S. government shutdown entered its second day Sunday after Congress failed to pass final appropriations legislation before the fiscal year deadline, leaving funding for several major federal agencies to lapse at 12:01 a.m. Saturday.
COSTA MESA, Calif.—As organizations brace for another year of cyber risk, Experian’s 2026 Data Breach Industry Forecast paints a stark picture of what lies ahead: a threat environment increasingly driven by artificial intelligence, enriched by oceans of stolen data, and edging closer to technologies once considered science fiction.
KEY WEST, Fla.—For Maggie Sayer, leadership has never followed a straight line—or a predictable scale. As CEO of the $250-million Keys Federal Credit Union here, Sayer runs a geographically fragmented institution...
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — After years of volatility, the U.S. new-vehicle market is settling into what Edmunds describes as a more sustainable rhythm — but one defined by persistent affordability constraints that continue to reshape borrower behavior and lending risk.