Two more bank failures Friday including a $2 billion institution in northern Colorado were putting credit unions once again back in the limelight.

"I think we opened four accounts in an hour this morning which is quite a lot for us," said Stan Wolff-Mills, director of marketing/human resources at the $37 million College Credit Union of Greeley.

The new business for College CU follows the collapse and FDIC takeover of New Frontier Bank of Colorado, the largest in Greeley, a city of 75,000 and home to the University of Northern Colorado.

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