WASHINGTON -- Two noted credit union leaders and pioneers will share the National Credit Union Foundation's 2009's Herb Wegner Memorial Award for Individual Achievement.

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Credit union credit card portfolios worth more than $1 million in assets grew by 14% in the year between June 2007 and June 2008, according to analysis performed by Asset Exchange.

NEW YORK -- Two noted Community Development Credit Unions have been have been named as semifinalists for the NEXT Awards For Opportunity Finance. The awards are sponsored by Wachovia Bank, funded by the John and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and include opportunities for low-cost loans and grants.

WASHINGTON -- A new report from the National Credit Union Foundation suggested credit unions could strengthen their bottom lines by making more auto loans to otherwise disqualified consumers.

WASHINGTON -- Prominent credit union consultancy Callahan & Associates has suggested that qualifying as low-income credit unions could help more CUs access a source of capital other than retained earnings.

ODESSA, Texas -- According to their sworn statements, First Basin Credit Union leaders relied on nothing more than "internal analysis" when they recommended members convert their then $113 million CU into a mutual bank.

ATLANTA -- Gradually, the number of credit unions that participate in shared branching has been growing. With that growth, the shared branch networks, through the Credit Union Service Centers Network Inc., have taken steps to formalize and standardize the way shared branching CUs report transactions subject to the Bank Secrecy...

MADISON, Wis. -- A new study from the Filene Research Institute suggests that credit unions shift their operations in a more sustainable direction, partly to help them overcome the limits of their own success.