Thanks in part to advocacy ads hitting on ownership, Michigan credit unions enjoyed a sharp membership run-up in 2010 with prospects hopeful for more of the same in 2011, according to the Michigan Credit Union League.

In compliance with NCUA's Jan. 27 rule on financial literacy for directors, state leagues are revving up their 2011 training and education programs.

Finalizing the merger of the tiny Champaign County Employees Credit Union, the CEO of its new parent, the $248 million University of Illinois Employees CU, said Thursday he sees no sign of changing trends impacting small CUs.

The harsh rhetoric generated from an online debate sparked by a Michigan CUSO accusing NCUA and major trade groups of being grossly out of touch with the industry's situation continued Wednesday.

New York credit unions were back to business-as-usual Wednesday, fully staffed after a numbing two-day blizzard shut down operations across a wide swath of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.

The Pennsylvania Credit Union Association joined its Maryland counterpart on Tuesday in giving income back to its members.

Roger Little, the veteran Michigan credit union regulator and past chairman of the National Association of State Credit Union Supervisors, is retiring Jan. 1.

Scott Earl, president/CEO of the Arizona Credit Union League, moves up Jan. 1 to become interim head of the proposed new trade group combining Arizona and the Credit Union Associations of Colorado and Wyoming.