If you weren't among the little more than 1,000 credit union industry executives, volunteers and vendors who attended NAFCU's 46th Annual Conference in Boston last week, you missed out on these four important takeaways:

1. Becker's cancer scare

President/CEO Fred Becker stunned conference goers – including members of his own board – during his farewell speech when he announced he had privately battled cancer during the financial crisis. Becker was diagnosed with bladder cancer in January 2009, shortly after participating in President Barack Obama's inauguration.

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