Stressing that "not all credit unions are suffering," a group of Los Angeles CUs did media damage control after an article in a local business journal highlighted poor credit union performance.

The Texas Credit Union League is rolling out this week a series of "Congressional Thank You Ads" recognizing lawmakers who support the industry position on a range of issues from business lending to card interchange.

The planned merger by Navy Federal Credit Union of the long-troubled $604 million USA Federal CU is emblematic of a sharply escalating trend which could see another 2,500 mergers by 2015, Dennis Dollar forecast Monday.

One of Navy Federal Credit Union's biggest West Coast competitors, the $4 billion Alaska USA FCU, said Monday it has never been much interested in making a merger bid on the troubled $604 million USA Fed CU of San Diego.

The big jump in bankruptcy filings this year and what it means for credit union lending and legal trends will be the key topic at the Pennsylvania Credit Union Association's credit union attorneys conference Sept. 23-24 in Harrisburg.

The ailing $791 Silver State Schools Family CU of Las Vegas is negotiating with its private insurer, American Share Insurance Inc. of Ohio for a five-year extension of a $22 million capital infusion loan made in February.

The Credit Union Association of Oklahoma has a new president/CEO: Gary Jones, former head of a Tulsa CU who has been serving as interim CEO of the trade group since July.

The "Northwest Credit Union Association" is the new name selected for the proposed new trade group merging the Washington and Oregon credit union leagues due to debut early next year, it was announced Thursday.