VANCOUVER, Wash. - The dispute between the board of the $619 million Columbia Credit Union and some of its members got steadily uglier last week as the credit union tried to have some members arrested and the members went back to court to try to get five board members thrown...

VANCOUVER, Wash. - The $619 million Columbia Credit Union has set Sunday, March 28 for a special meeting at which members of the credit union could vote to recall eight board members. The meeting is scheduled for 3:00 pm at the Hudson Bay High School gymnasium which is relatively nearby...

ONTARIO, Calif. - Credit unions in the U.S. could face a price tag of $200 million over the next 18 months bringing their ATM fleets up to the standards mandated by new security policies and regulations, according to a new white paper researched by the CO-OP Network. CO-OP Network is...

NEW YORK - Research has shown that the rise in the popularity of debit cards has cut into some of the transactions that would normally have gone onto credit card balances, although cash and checks continue to be the largest losers in the rising debit card phenomenon, a card market...

ARLINGTON, Va. - The credit union industry is just now starting to see how pro-conversion consultants and even greed can drive credit unions to give up their cooperative structure, but it's been happening to cooperatives and mutuals in other industries for years. Thrifts and mutual savings banks, mutually organized insurance...

WASHINGTON - A coalition appearing to consist of banking groups and some private firms has begun to form to fight any changes to legislation or regulations governing credit union conversion to mutual bank charters. The goal of the Coalition for Credit Union Charter Options will be tasked with keeping open...

VANCOUVER, Wash. - Washington State Superior Court Judge Roger Bennett has ruled in favor of Save CCU and has ordered Columbia CU to hold the special meeting that Save CCU petitioned for which could result in the recall of eight members of Columbia's nine-person board. The judge ordered the credit...

VANCOUVER, Wash. - The ongoing fight between the $619 million Columbia Credit Union and Save CCU, a group of Columbia members who opposed changing its charter to that of a mutual thrift, is starting to work its way through the courts. As of press time, a Washington State Superior judge...