The industry's campaign to retain a separate and independent regulator received some Texas exposure this week at a signing ceremony conducted by Gov. Rick Perry heralding the passage of a new state sunset law retaining a single CU regulator.

Vermont credit unions are fostering heightened credit counseling services for members under a year-long project spearheaded by the state league, which is financing free in-person and online training for key employees.

Thanks to the heighted compliance burden and restrictions on travel, online compliance training is enjoying booming growth in 2009.

South Texas credit unions were acting cautiously Monday in connection with safety/soundness advertising following the weekend collapse of the $13 billion Guaranty Bank of Austin, the nation's second largest banking failure in 2009.

CUNA's budget constraints plus a slow time in Congress is causing a brief suspension of its daily NewsNow e-mail bulletin.

The threat from Hurricane Bill to the U.S. may have dissipated, but coastal credit union leagues are gearing up in major ways this fall using sophisticated online tracking and alert call-in systems to prepare for future storms.

The Washington Credit Union League said it is giving outgoing NCUA Chairman Michael Fryzel "a thank-you-well-done" pat on the back just days before his successor, Deborah Matz is sworn in next Monday.

The affiliate concept for credit union mergers, though appealing for marketing image and messaging, is simply impractical, according to the CEO of a Nebraska CU that just completed a consolidation.