Sen. Bob Corker, a key Republican negotiator on regulatory restructuring, said he wants to be sure that the proposed entity to regulate consumer financial products will take a balanced approach.

The campaign giving patterns of CUNA and NAFCU in February could be best described as the calm before the proverbial storm.

Now the action goes back behind closed doors.

At a time when the NCUA and the trade groups are pushing Congress to raise the cap on member business loans, the agency's inspector general faulted its examiners for insufficient oversight.

Consumers are again feeling more confident, but still have concerns about the economy.

The language in the Senate regulatory restructuring bill defining remittances is so broad that it could cause credit unions to stop offering electronic transfer programs.

Touting a victory over "an army of lobbyists," President Obama today signed legislation that would take some of the student loan business away from credit unions and banks.

Frustrated by months of congressional inaction, President Obama on Saturday made a recess appointment of Jeffrey Goldstein as undersecretary of treasury for domestic finance.