Consumers Still Struggling to Open Accounts Digitally

Opening a checking account using only a smartphone or tablet is still a pipe dream for most users, according to new research from Javelin Strategy & Research.  According to a study of nearly 1,400 people who successfully applied for checking accounts at the...

Former CEO Faces Felony Charge

A former president/CEO of a merged Nebraska credit union will face a federal judge March 14 on six felony bank fraud charges. According to an indictment filed by federal prosecutors last week, Christine Darley, 44, allegedly embezzled more than $535,000 from the $3...

CFPB Unknown & Fighting for Its Life

If ignorance is bliss, lots of Americans are humming a happy tune. Specifically, 81% of Americans polled by CreditCards.com did not know enough about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to have an opinion about it, even though the five-year-old...

CO-OP Inks ATM Deal with 7-Eleven

About 8,000 ATMs in 7-Eleven stores across the country will stay in the CO-OP Financial Services ATM network thanks to a new agreement between CO-OP and ATM network and service provider Financial Consulting & Trading International, or FCTI.  The agreement...