LEDYARD, Conn. -- While the credit union community and others are experiencing the effects of an unprecedented market, Members United Corporate Federal Credit Union CEO Joe Herbst assured that the corporate was weathering the storm just fine.

LEDYARD, Conn.--Credit union executives and volunteers attending the Members United Corporate Federal Credit Union Economic Forum were broken in with a little pre-conference session on the 'small' matter of enterprise risk management.

At the risk of exposing myself as a scatterbrain, I couldn't settle on just one topic for this week's column, so I'm going to hit you with a throng of subjects.

This week I decided I was going to write my column about NAFCU and the Defense Credit Union Council's objections to the Army and Air Force Exchange Services credit card launch through JPMorgan Chase. I was ready to slam the two groups for hypocrisy in their anti-competitive challenge to the...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- While not issuing a proposed rule or even an advance notice of proposed rulemaking, NCUA has "Outreach Task Force: Data Collection" as its top agenda item for next week's meeting.

Credit unions are working harder and harder these days to grow. Every week it seems we have articles on credit unions net interest margins tightening, overall membership growth declining, mergers, or success stories regarding credit union growth. To be successful, growth must be viewed as a multi-faceted concept.

Sad but true. Credit unions, which pride themselves on their grassroots capabilities, failed to turn out the impressive numbers the bankers did in the battle to get the Credit Union Regulatory Relief Act (H.R. 5519) through the House on the suspension calendar.

Before I went off to college, my high school volleyball coach asked me to help him with try outs. A few days of drills and playing went by, and he told me, OK, I have two slots left and four girls. You pick. One of the girls was my best...