In recent months several notable credit union industry conference speakers have suggested that a credit union's board of directors should be as diverse as the membership-delivering a backhanded criticism of currently seated boards of directors.

It's official. People's Trust Federal Credit Union has trademarked the term "CoinSmart" to describe its coinless system of banking at the Houston Center and Galleria branches.

The top seats on the CUNA Technology Council will remain in the same hands for the next year.

Communicating Arts Credit Union of Detroit, Mich., increased its paid summer internships to students this year despite the current economic environment.

Social networking joins financial education with transactional power behind it at the new website for Smart Financial Credit Union in Houston.

Credit unions and other interested parties have 60 days to comment on proposed rules issued by the Federal Reserve aimed at ensuring that appraisers make decisions without the influence of those who could derive financial benefits from those decisions.

An e-statement enrollment contest held by a Michigan-based core processing CUSO resulted in more than 9,000 new users at 60 participating credit unions.

Credit union employees wanting details on the NCUA's new rules on short-term payday loan alternatives can consult the regulatory alert issued by the agency.