Nine of the top ten most read News Now articles in October were related to Bank Transfer Day, the day designated for fed-up big bank customers to switch accounts to credit unions and small banks. Here is a list of the top 10 most-visited stories for the month: Read more

Credit unions, and their new members, are poised to benefit as more and more Americans become fed up with their banks, Credit Union National Association (CUNA) President/CEO Bill Cheney said during a Monday interview on CNBC's Squawk Box. A proposed nationwide Bank Transfer Day, scheduled for Nov. 5, appears to be gaining some momentum as around 50,000 people had pledged on Facebook, as of Monday night, to remove their funds from banks and transfer them into credit unions.

Three dozen people duck into the shade as they line up to buy beef out of a van in a hard-to-find Spring Valley parking lot. The scene seems peculiar, but unless the black-spotted cattle count, it's really not a cover for some black market dealing. As if buying meat out of the back of an unmarked van isn't odd enough, patrons can buy a whole steer, but most opt for one-twelfth of the animal, or 35 pounds of beef.