Community/People News

This is the first edition of a new Credit Union Times feature, Vox Populi. We pose a question, and industry executives sound off on a timely topic.

The $87 million Shreveport Federal Credit Union has used the long-term funding it received from the U.S. Treasury's Community Development Capital Initiative to grow its portfolio of very small business loans.

The $11 million Brooklyn Cooperative FCU has received a $300,000 grant from the Center for Financial Services Innovation to help develop the financial institution interface for a social network savings program.

When we say that credit unions offer consumers better deals on loans and savings, we have the numbers to prove it.

Local Government Federal Credit Union has demonstrated its commitment to community development with a $1.625 million gift.

Hawaii’s two largest credit unions have now joined their peers in California and elsewhere in waiving international wire fees for members sending funds to friends and families in disaster-stricken Japan.