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ALEXANDRIA, Va.—NCUA has changed its approach to supporting small credit unions that need assistance to grow and survive.

WASHINGTON—The operators of a Georgia-based debt collection business that allegedly used false claims and threats to get people to pay debts – including debts they did not owe or that the defendants had no authority to collect – have been banned from the debt collection business and from buying or selling debt, under settlements with the Federal Trade Commission.

CHICAGO–How do you change ingrained (but nonproductive) personal habits? Or implement a new one? That question was posed to members of the Forbes Coaches Council, who offered 15 different ideas and suggestions.

CANBERRA, Australia–Perhaps fittingly, in what appears to be a scenario upside down when compared to that in the U.S., bankers in the Land Down Under are calling for the closure of a “loophole” in consumer protections that allow credit unions and others to act in ways they say don’t protect borrowers of short-terms loans.

NEW YORK—While consumer debt is increasing, consumers appear to be managing it pretty well.

It’s common for prosecutors to say of someone charged with embezzlement from a company or credit union that they used a business as their own “personal cookie jar.”

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—How do parents feel about their debt? Ask their kids.

MADISON, Wis.–The World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) said it has partnered with Gov. Tom Ridge, the first U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security and Chairman of the Ridge Global Cybersecurity Institute, to launch a Cybersecurity Oversight for Executives course.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—Provisions in the Regulatory Relief Act allowing more states to accept scanned drivers licenses for ID purposes for online enrollment are a solid step forward in the digital transformation of financial institutions, according to several sources.