GREENSBORO, N.C. - There's hardly a letup in raffles, car washes and golf tournaments being held this fall by Carolina credit unions with fund raising hitting $600,000 to benefit Victory Junction Gang Camp in Randleman, N.C. run by the Petty family of NASCAR fame and Hollywood actor Paul Newman. For...

LANCASTER, S.C. - There are few chief executives across the U.S. more enthused about CUNA's philanthropic 2004 campaign to distribute child identification kits than Bruce Brumfield of Founders FCU. "What better way is there for credit unions to set ourselves apart from other financial institutions and to give something back...

HUTCHINSON, Kan. - The campaign by chapters in the Kansas Credit Union Association to liven up political advocacy by reaching out to the media was brought to the home of a top leader in the American Bankers Association's "Operation Credit Union." "We actually thought he might show up and we...

MILWAUKEE-In a bid to combat rising volume at payday loan shops and steer low-income borrowers and savers into credit unions, the Wisconsin Credit Union League has formally debuted a partnership with Filene Research Institute to produce a new "service model" - going beyond check cashing and wire transfer - that...

SALT LAKE CITY - NCUA's field of membership authority has come under fresh attack here from anti-credit union Utah lawmakers who are considering sending a petition to Congress urging lifting of the tax exemption. "My idea is we send a resolution to Congress expressing our desire that these large institutions...

TOPEKA, Kan. - Political activism may be high on credit union agendas across the U.S., but a group of Topeka CU executives have stepped it up a notch with what is being described as a "classier, more sophisticated" program that relies in part on pinning down lawmaker CU support-"in writing."...

LAS VEGAS - Though a planned bank/credit union debate has been called off, Nevada credit unions will get a chance to counter long-running banker attacks in a special section of the Nevada Business Journal. The downer: they'll have to wait until May 2005. "We would have preferred to hash out...

SALT LAKE CITY - Succession planning, long a persistent problem at small credit unions across the U.S., became a topic for media coverage in Utah this month following complaints that a $10 million Salt Lake CU erred in hiring a CEO lacking bank or CU experience. The Newspaper Employees CU,...