The industry's financial health slipped in the third quarter based on "HealthScores" calculated by a North Carolina firm, Glatt Consulting LLC of Wilmington.

The League of Southeastern Credit Unions is stepping up its efforts to reach a youthful audience in 2011 by launching a $2.1 million image campaign next April under the tagline "Credit Unions, We're Giving Banking a Better Name."

With the fate of Constitution Corporate CU now sealed, NCUA made good this week on its pledge to hold a town hall meeting for CEOs of Connecticut CUs in a Q&A session conducted by the state's top regulator, Howard Pitkin.

The Cyber Monday rate sale at Pennsylvania's Postmark Credit Union turned out to be a success based on early numbers.

As further evidence of its asset scaledown, the $720 million Arrowhead Central Credit Union, under NCUA conservatorship since last June, announced Tuesday it is closing eight California branches by yearend.

In an extraordinary appeal, the $6.6 million Mission SF Federal Credit Union is asking CUs to donate funds to help restore its capital and forestall an NCUA-engineered merger or liquidation.

It was no accident an historic North Carolina landmark, the mansion home of R.J. Reynolds cigarette heirs, was used this month for a special--and now first of its kind--credit union conference.

Tributes from city leaders and politicos continued to pour in Wednesday for the late William Ferrence, the president/CEO of Boulder Dam Credit Union in Nevada described as the community's "most beloved leader" and a bold activist.