Community/People News

Congressional Federal Credit Union announced today that 188 members of Congress have agreed to serve as honorary race chairs for the Credit Union Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run 5K Run-Walk.

Joining in the tornado relief effort, Centra Credit Union said Thursday it is offering cut-rate emergency loans and financial assistance to victims of last Fridays devastating storms.

Maine Credit Union Day at the Statehouse was a bit of a homecoming. Six credit union volunteers currently serve in the Main Legislature.

Fifteen employees from the $111 million EECU A Community Credit Union in Jackson, Mich., put on the ritz and knocked down some pins in Junior Achievements annual Crazy Bowl fundraiser on Feb. 10.

The recent increase in gasoline prices doesnt appear to be deterring members and others from buying cars.

PSCU Financial Services is sponsoring a select group of 15 young credit union leaders at CUNAs Governmental Affairs Conference later this month.

The New Jersey Credit Union League's Reality Check Conference last week in Atlantic City, N.J., gave attendees a fast overview of what's hot and what's not in Washington, compliments of lunch speaker Bill Cheney, CEO of CUNA.

Robert Allen, CEO of the 218,000-member, $4 billion Teachers Federal Credit Union, joined executives from Citibank, Bank of America and other banks to tell the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau how his CU and CUs in general handle checking accounts and overdraft protections.