Rhode Island

• Small Businesses Hit by Hurricane Sandy to Receive $19 Million in Grants

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  April 26, 2013

  SBA funding available through package approved by Congress in January.

• Washington Governor Makes It Official: State Credit Unions Can Pay Board Members

  By Peter Strozniak  |  April 23, 2013

  Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed a new law Monday that gives state-chartered credit unions the option to pay board members.

• Washington Governor Set to Sign Credit Union Board Compensation Bill

  By Peter Strozniak  |  April 18, 2013

  Measure would make Washington the 11th state to allow board member pay.

• Navigant Reports 25th Consecutive Payout

  By Marc Rapport  |  April 15, 2013

  Rhode Island credit union cites strong growth in 2012.

• SBA Hurricane Sandy Loan Approvals Surpass $2 Billion

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  April 11, 2013

  Deadlines extended for filing for disaster loans in New Jersey and New York.

• People 4-3-13

  April 3, 2013

• Tennessee Governor Signs CU Board Compensation Bill

  By Peter Strozniak  |  March 28, 2013

  State-chartered credit unions in Volunteer State can now pay volunteers.

• Trades Say Johnson’s Likely Banking Chairman Successors Are Credit Union Friendly

  By Heather Anderson  |  March 26, 2013

  Rhode Island's Reed, New York's Schumer seen eyeing top post on Senate Banking Committee as South Dakota's Johnson retires.

• People 3-13-13

  March 8, 2013

• Hurricane Sandy: SBA Loan Approvals Surpass $1 Billion

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  February 11, 2013

  Agency says loan totals make Sandy third-largest natural disaster behind 2005 hurricanes and 1994 earthquake.