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• PMI Files Bankruptcy Following Ariz. Regulatory Takeover

  By Sarah Snell Cooke  |  November 23, 2011

  PMI, which with CUNA Mutual Group created CMG Mortgage Insurance in 1993, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Nov. 23.

• Which Credit Unions Raised Tin Cups at the Fed’s Lending Window?

  By Robert McGarvey  |  August 22, 2011

  U.S. Central peaked out at $2.8 billion, N.C. State Employees' at $489 million, WesCorp averaged $100 million a day.

• The Smartphone Plot Thickens

  By Robert McGarvey  |  August 15, 2011

  Google's plans to buy Motorola Mobility may spur interest in competing platforms to Android and Apple.

• For Part-Time MBAs, a Full-Size ROI

  April 22, 2011

  The return on investment for part-time MBA programs may be difficult to pin down, but graduates say the benefits are real

• Big CU Borrowing Disclosed in Fed’s Discount Window Loan Data

  By Robert McGarvey  |  April 1, 2011

  In yesterday’s release of lending data by the Federal Reserve Bank covering 2008 to early 2010, one item that caught the eye of many observers was the amount of overnight borrowings by some corporate credit unions, notably U.S. Central and WesCorp.

• Frank Willing To Work with GOP on Interchange Changes

  By Claude R. Marx  |  January 21, 2011

  Credit unions, banks and other supporters of making changes to the interchange rule have a friend in Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee.

• Corporate Aftermath: Trades Go All Out to Counter 'Bailout' Message

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  October 6, 2010

  Pulling out all the stops, the credit union trades were in damage control mode all last week to tamp down public worries about credit union safety and soundness and a "credit union bailout,"

• 'Anti-Bailout' Messaging Gets Ramped Up

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  September 29, 2010

  The media blitz by both CUNA and NAFCU to counter the negative "credit union bailout" message went into high gear today with new videos and top brass keeping in contact with TV producers and financial reporters on the corporate crisis.

• NCUA Issues $800M in Corporate Commercial MBS Bonds

  By Heather Anderson  |  September 23, 2010

  NCUA today confirmed that it has sought bids on $800 million worth of securities backed by U.S. Central FCU and Western Corporate FCU investments.

• Financial Overhaul Bill Slated for Vote in Senate

  By Claude R. Marx  |  July 14, 2010

  The regulatory restructuring bill-which CUNA and NAFCU are opposing because of the interchange provisions-is likely to come up for a vote in the Senate this week, and odds are it will pass.