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ALEXANDRIA, Va.—As electronic payments grow to play much larger roles in credit union operations, NCUA has detailed key risks associated with these transactions and shares advice for CUs.

PLANO, Texas—After three consecutive quarters of growing confidence in the economy, credit union CEOs’ optimism took a small step backward, according to  Catalyst Corporate Federal Credit Union’s Third Quarter 2014 Credit Union CEO Confidence Survey. The pessimism comes at the same time credit unions are reporting robust numbers, as can be seen here.

ELGIN,Ill– Lending Solutions, Inc. (LSI) reported it has underwritten its 100,000th indirect loan in 2014.

MADISON, Wis.—To help credit unions tackle the global challenge of increasing young adult membership and master the technology needed to serve them, the World Council of Credit Unions has launched weCU2.

ATLANTA—A new white paper suggests that “Millennials may be the most researched and yet least understood generation in the history of marketing and communication,” and sets out to change that.

LAKE MARY, Fla.—D+H has launched its updated Mortgage Reform School, a web-based program of on-demand webinars and downloadable articles designed to help banks and credit unions prepare for the upcoming changes to the integrated TILA-RESPA Final Rule.

Social media is an effective way to market your credit union or business. But to actually be effective, you have to do it right and be consistent.

MONTREAL—Thieves attempted to rip an ATM out of a credit union in Montreal night by tying a cable around the machine and pulling it with a pickup truck. The effort failed when the ATM lodged in the doorway, tipped forward and then fell on its front side, blocking the door to the cash vault. According to published reports, unable to lift the ATM, the thieves left the scene.

MONTREAL—Thieves attempted to rip an ATM out of a credit union in Montreal night by tying a cable around the machine and pulling it with a pickup truck. The effort failed when the ATM lodged in the doorway, tipped forward and then fell on its front side, blocking the door to the cash vault. According to published reports, unable to lift the ATM, the thieves left the scene.

Police are investigating the attempted robbery that occurred in Montreal’s Pointe-aux-Trembles neighborhood at the Caisse Populaire Desjardins on Notre-Dame Street East around 10:40 p.m. The CU branch was being renovated.

Police believe the robbery attempt may be linked to a car fire that was deliberately set nearby. Investigators believe the suspects started that fire as a diversion. 

NEW YORK—Amid concerns over ridesharing services hurting cab companies and possibly the value of taxi medallions—and collateral on CU loans—credit unions that serve the taxi industry say their biggest worry right now is, in fact, a different challenge: NCUA.