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NEW YORK–The MetLife Foundation and Duke University said they are partnering to launch CommonCents Lab, an initiative that will apply behavioral economics to identify new ways to help millions of Americans improve their saving and spending habits.

IRVINE, Calif.–The foreclosure inventory declined by 21.5% and completed foreclosures declined by  27.1% at the end of October compared with the same period one year earlier, according to the October 2015 National Foreclosure Report from CoreLogic.

VANCOUVER, B.C.– Credit unions in British Columbia each year contribute 25 cents per member to the “Success by Six” initiative, a partnership that also includes the United Ways of BC and the Ministry of Children and Family Development.

MADISON, Wis.–The World Council of Credit Unions has sent a comment letter to the International Accounting Standards Board in response to its Conceptual Framework for the Financial Reporting Exposure Draft in which it argues that at least some types of credit union shares qualify as equity on an accounting basis, such as the U.S. corporate credit union capital shares.