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ARLINGTON, Va.—July’s new home sales of 635,000 units reflects a 12.8% decline after a large upward revision to estimated June sales of 728,000 units.

WASHINGTON–More than eight-in-10 new cars are now being financed and it appears the trend will only continue to grow.

LAKE FOREST, Ill.–Is the much anticipated, long-predicted cashless society coming into view? It’s getting closer. New data show that for the first time in U.S. history debit card transactions have exceeded cash transactions as the number-one payment method.

WASHINGTON–Noting credit cards are “central to the lives” of 170 million Americans, the CFPB has released its fourth biennial report on the state of the credit card market for the period 2017-2018, finding new accounts have also leveled off even as total credit line across all consumer credit cards reached $4.3 trillion in 2018, nearly equal to its pre-recession high.

NEW YORK—Hackers based in North Korea have been able to steal an estimated $2 billion using cyberattacks on international financial and crypto organizations, according to a new report, which said the funds have been put toward development of its nuclear program.

PURCHASE, N.Y.—Mastercard is aiming to build a cryptocurrency development team, according to the company’s active job listings.

FOSTER CITY, Calif.—Visa is rolling out a platform to help its engineers quickly test advanced artificial-intelligence algorithms aimed at detecting and preventing credit-card fraud.

WASHINGTON—CUNA has launched its latest Member Activation Program (MAP) campaign, calling on credit unions to make Congress aware there cannot be data privacy without data security.

KOLOA, Kauai–The early bird deadline to register for the Volunteer Leadership Institute (VLI) Hawaii is approaching.

Credit unions have never faced a more challenging time appealing to and attracting potential members to their institutions.