CUNA's initial estimates for its annual Governmental Affairs Conference indicated that attendance was going to be way down. As credit unions and vendors are pulling tight on the purse strings,

Amid all the gloom and doom news of the day, it is nice to be able to highlight some good news stories.

Credit unions generally act as a cooperative movement at all levels. However, the latest troubles of the corporate credit unions are betraying a different side.

Even in these unprecedented times, credit unions in general have shown themselves to be prudent lenders and a source of stability for their members as the availability of credit from banks has dried up.

Natural person credit unions have been called upon to serve their duty as industry patriots as the NCUA last week approved a measure to help stabilize the corporate credit union system as U.S.

It's depressing to write week after week and put out a magazine week after week about the current state of the nation's financial crisis.

At the thoughtful and timely suggestion of Mark Meyer, executive director/CEO of the Filene Research Institute, I reviewed President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's inauguration speech. The words crafted in the early 1930s

As you flip through the pages of Credit Union Times this week, you'll find a few changes for the New Year-a bit of early spring cleaning you could say.