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CHICAGO—A new study shows that despite the growing number of data breaches impacting Americans, consumers this holiday shopping season do not plan to hold back on using their credit cards.

ST PETERSBURG, Fla.—The Target data breach, one-year old Thanksgiving day, ushered in a wave of successful cyber-attacks on the U.S. that have elevated financial institutions’—and consumers—attention to card security.

WASHINGTON—CUToday.info has learned that several rulemakings, including that for overdraft protection, have been pushed further back into 2015.

BEDFORD, Texas—With auto lenders going longer on terms and reaching to deeper credit scores (http://www.cutoday.info/Fresh-Today/CUs-Going-Longer-On-Auto-Terms), advice is being offered on how to effectively leverage collateral protection insurance (CPI).

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Last week CUToday.info reported the Q3 numbers for credit unions, which showed strong growth across all loan categories. But it isn’t just credit unions where the numbers are robust; CUToday.info is seeing more traffic than a mall parking lot this holiday season.

HOUSTON–Alaska USA FCU said it is partnering with Cardtronics, Inc., the world's largest retail ATM owner/operator, to provide Alaska USA’s members surcharge-free access to more than 200 Cardtronics-owned and -operated ATMs throughout Washington and in the High Desert area of California.

TORONTO, Canada—With backing at least in part from a credit union, a Canadian mortgage broker is offering a one-day Black Friday only special with a five-year, fixed rate mortgage priced at 2.59%.

TAMPA, Fla.—The first federally insured CU to introduce credit card loan participations says the program is working and will expand in 2016.

MADISON, Wis.– Dana Murn-Kohal, professional development and innovation manager with the Credit Union Executives Society (CUES), has been named by the Wisconsin Society of Association Executives (WSAE) as the recipient of the first-ever WSAE Young Professional Award.

FERGUSON, Mo.—Frank Evans is hoping the Thanksgiving holiday will lead to a slowdown, and even an eventual end, to the violence in this city.