Nestled in one of California's many fertile farm valleys is Limoneira Company, a large produce ranch known for...you guessed it...its vast citrus groves. Limoneira is one of the nation's top lemon producers, and also grows oranges, specialty citrus, avocados, and row crops like strawberries and celery.

Credit unions more than tripled their market share of point-of-sale financed new vehicles during the past two years, from 3% in 2004 to 10% in 2006, according to a year-end survey by J.D. Power & Associates.

The Tennessee Credit Union League is keeping an eye on 10 bills proposed in the state legislature this year, all seeking to further define restrictions on auto title lenders.

The push to increase non-interest income is a popular method of offsetting slim-to-none net interest margins, and nowhere has this strategy been more effective than Altura Credit Union.

The story of this jaw-dropping rate starts innocently enough. Ritch Van Duzer, president/CEO of $163 million Clearstar Financial Credit Union, needed to bring in more core deposits in 2007, particularly in checking.

Talk about being a fly on the wall.

SAN DIMAS, Calif. - What do coffee, wine, newspapers, bottle caps and auto loans have in common? Plenty, when they are produced by cooperatives. The values and principles that cooperatives share, and how they affect strategic decision making, is the basis of a Master's program offered at Saint Mary's University...

If people can help people, why shouldn't credit unions do the same?