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WASHINGTON—By a 5-3 vote, the Supreme Court has ruled that debt collection companies can’t be sued for trying to recover years-old credit card debt from people who seek bankruptcy protection.

SACRAMENTO, Calif.–In an attempt to test workers’ vulnerabilities to email phishing scams, a California state department sent an email to employees that included a manipulated version of the logo of The Golden 1 Credit Union.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—Credit unions playing in the credit card rewards space just got some big, new competition.

LOS ANGELES–A new fintech called Dave, which includes billionaire Mark Cuban among its investors, is targeting what it calls “ridiculous overdraft penalties” by making loans of up to $250 with no interest until the borrower’s next payday.

SYDNEY, Australia–Australian credit unions have launched a new charitable foundation to provide assistance to struggling communities in Australia and Asia.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union reported it has resumed making construction loans at its 28 branches.

MERRILL, Wis. – Park City Credit Union plans to start construction on a new 26,000-square-foot headquarters at the southeast corner of Highway 64 and Pine Ridge Ave. here.

LOS ANGELES—The credit union perspective was highlighted during a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau field hearing here on small business lending.

DUBLIN, Ohio— Members of credit unions have some serious misconceptions about the industry, and some of those go straight to the heart of what credit unions are about, according to one person.

In the 1973 movie “The Sting,” Henry Gondorf (Paul Newman) and Johnny Hooker (Robert Redford) set up an elaborate “sting” operation to avenge the death of their partner by a criminal banker (ironic, as you'll see below), Doyle Lonnegan (Robert Shaw).