The makeup of next year's CUNA board was taking shape Tuesday with one contingent of contenders already elected but at least three director seats remained in doubt amidst contested elections.

CUNA Monday set Nov. 13 in Chicago as the date for its high level and one-day Corporate Credit Union Issue Summit conference to plot strategy and new policy relating to the future of the corporate structure.

Wal-Mart remains a "patient strategist" in its bid to offer a full range of financial services and credit unions' core lines--auto loans, small business and demand deposits--are in the target zone.

The $950 million Elevations Credit Union proved its fundraising and public service mettle this week.

The $4 billion Alaska USA Federal Credit Union is making good on its West Coast expansion strategy this month with the merger of a small but failed Seattle CU.

Ending a processing period that lasted eight months, the NCUA has approved the nation's biggest interstate merger, the $4.6 billion consolidation of First Tech Credit Union, Beaverton, Ore., and Addison Avenue FCU of Palo Alto, Calif.

The Ohio turnout and news coverage supporting an International Credit Union Week event on high school financial literacy has proved "far better than we expected" with 1,000 students participating so far, the state CU league said.

How serious are talks moving along about potential mergers among the corporates? For the NCUA-conserved Southwest Corporate, there was one indication that there have been talks involving the $2.3 billion Georgia Central CU of Duluth.