Cordray Clarifies CFPB Overdraft Intentions: During an NCUA-hosted webinar, Richard Cordray says the bureau wants credit unions to offer members more options.

CFPB to Credit Unions: Checking Reporting on Our Radar: Director Cordray says FIs may face bureau action if they do not report accurate account information to credit reporting companies.

Feds Ban Student Account Overdraft Fees: Trades express concern for how new regs, which are intended to protect student consumers, may affect credit unions.

FEATURES 

8 Checking Accounts That Don't Overdraft: Check out no-overdraft account benefits, terms and fees offered by these financial institutions.

OPINION

Want Young Members? Checks Won't Cut It: If you think of overdraft reform in terms of checks, you're behind the consumer curve.

Overdraft Problem Requires Creative Solution: Fees over and above the amount needed to actually process an overdraft, plus perhaps a tiny premium, are predatory.

The CFPB Is Right About Overdrafts: Credit unions are forced to operate in a tough reality, but that doesn't make the fee solution right.

Not All Credit Union Accounts Are Live: Small credit unions can't offer overdraft-free accounts.

Credit Unions Put Their Members' Best Interests First: Credit unions are doing their part in ensuring that members are knowledgeable consumers with regard to overdraft protection.

CFPB Credit Union Compliance Checklist Grows: Poll: Has the CFPB gone too far with its recent compliance bulletin on checking accounts? Tell us in our poll.

Overdraft Lawsuit Concerns: Poll: Should credit unions be losing sleep over the recent overdraft lawsuits? Share your thoughts in our latest poll.

LEGAL 

Credit Union Overdraft Suits Won't Be Consolidated:

Plaintiffs in 11 suits are too different to warrant combining their cases, a judicial panel says.

Two Credit Unions Strike Back in Overdraft Suits: Kern Schools FCU and Bethpage FCU, which face class-action suits over overdraft disclosures, countersue for breach of contract.

12 Credit Unions Face Overdraft Suits: Attorneys reveal overdraft fee disclosure methods are at the center of a new wave of lawsuits.

Los Angeles Federal Credit Union Hit With Overdraft Suit: A California woman pursues a class action suit against the CU for improperly disclosing and assessing overdraft fees.