WINNIPEG, Manitoba - It now appears the next significant steps won't take place until perhaps late next year, but credit unions here see increasing hope for action on pension reform. Manitoba's credit unions are part of a coalition seeking changes in laws governing payouts from defined contribution plans. Under those...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Maybe it was the cookies that did it. Or perhaps the dictionary. Recently the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation tapped VanCity Credit Union for its popular Back to the Floor, a reality television program showing what actually happens when the top executive and a line worker swap jobs....

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., - To say that Jean Yokum has grown up - at least professionally - along side Langley FCU is an understatement. After all, we're talking about a woman whose career with the credit union dates back to the Korean War era. Now as president/CEO of the $1.03...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - "Destructive behavior by an executive that harms an organization, possibly destroying it." That's how John Tropman, professor at the University of Michigan School of Social Work and adjunct professor in the U of M Business School, defines flameout. He warns boards of nonprofits, including credit unions,...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, and OTTAWA - Canadian credit unions are working to help establish credit unions in Cambodia and Ukraine, both nations that want to build financial cooperatives but need technical assistance. The Cambodian effort involves VanCity Credit Union and the Co-operative Development Foundation of Canada. In Ukraine, the project...

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. - Mary Madden can pride herself on becoming a member of the "female CEOs of billion dollar credit unions" after working in the corner office of Hudson Valley FCU for only two years. She not only has that notable achievement by the $1.75 billion credit union to be...

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Mike Wishnow and Barb Fortney hope Gov. Edward Rendell's Task Force for Working Families will boost the issue of financial literacy to the next level. Wishnow, senior vp/communications and marketing for the Pennsylvania Credit Union Association, and Fortney, CEO of LANCO Federal Credit Union in Lancaster, have...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Thin may be better when it come to jockeys or magazine models, but a slim credit file poses potential serious problems for consumers when they apply for loans. Take, for example, the member who always pays his bills on time, so he's shocked when he's turned down...