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WASHINGTON—A new report released by The Pew Charitable Trusts finds that Americans’ debt has increased over the past three decades, due particularly to home mortgages and student loans, with important implications for long-term economic mobility.

ALEXANDRIA, Va.–A coalition of consumer groups is calling on NCUA to investigate what it said are “harmful, predatory private student loans to students at for-profit colleges made by federally chartered credit unions, federally insured state chartered credit unions, and credit union service organizations.”

ROANOKE, Va.–Member One sponsored the Taubman Museum of Art’s current exhibit, Vik Muniz: Poetics of Perception and specifically, the screening of the award-winning documentary Waste Land.

WASHINGTON–Credit Union Student Choice has created a College Access Counselor position. Filling this new role is former Elements Financial FCU Student Lending Manager Patricia Poplicean.

KINGSTON, Jamaica–It isn’t just the United States where credit unions are arguing the increasing regulatory load is forcing CUs out of business.

PORTLAND, Ore.–NCUA plans to make a $300-million payment to the Treasury Department from the corporate stabilization fund.

DENVER-The Federal Reserve has told Fourth Corner Credit Union—chartered to serve this state’s marijuana industry—that it has not been approved for a  “master account” that is needed to launch its operations. In response, the credit union has filed suit against the Fed.

DUBLIN–The Irish League of Credit Unions has hired a management consultant to help it overhaul its operations.

WASHINGTON--Need a barometer to figure out which financial services trends are going to stick – and which will slide – by 2020?