Long-time credit union and development organizer Carol Schillios recently raised roughly $92,000 for her work in Africa- by spending 113 nights on the roof of a building in Edmonds, Wash., according to The Seattle Times.

The $98 million Greater New Orleans Federal Credit Union has announced the roll out of a program designed to help members avoid having to use payday lenders.

The economic downturn has hit a lot of boomer credit union members especially hard in their retirement accounts, but executives familiar with reverse mortgages say the product can be a useful tool to help those members salvage retirement plans.

Credit unions with mortgage loans that were fraudulently sold by a since failed mortgage firm face possible dire regulatory consequences if Fannie Mae does not return a significant amount of their lost money, suggested NCUA Board Chairman Debbie Matz.

The $13.5 billion Pentagon Federal Credit Union has announced that it is the only credit union in the country, at least for now, to directly issue American Express cards.

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia has indicted eight Eastern European men for hacking into the computers of Atlanta-based RBS Worldpay and the subsequent theft of millions of dollars from ATMs around the world.

Leaders from community development credit unions affiliated with the National Federation of CDCUs are pushing the NCUA and the U.S. Treasury to respond with increased understanding and resources to the needs of the financial institutions.

Credit Union 24, one of two nationwide credit union owned ATM and EFT networks, has a launched a Spanish language version of its Web site.