LANSING, Mich. -- Based on early sales success in dealer showrooms, two of the Big Three automakers, General Motors and Chrysler last week expanded the credit union-based Invest in America auto financing program nationwide.

ST. LOUIS -- The Missouri Credit Union Association said it is temporarily pulling the plug on its first "homes for our troops" facility after the recipient was convicted of a felony involving a controlled substance.

MADISON, Wis. -- Here's a lesson to be learned from last September's Hurricane Ike:

MADISON, Wis. -- A new Filene Research Institute study conducted by a New York university marketing and public policy professor has reopened the hotly debated national branding issue with special attention on attitudes toward individual CU branding.

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- In a state with an unemployment rate running as high as 14%, credit unions stepped up their financial counseling programs at year-end as they also searched out new ways to ease member pain on auto, mortgage and consumer loans.

FARMERS BRANCH, Texas -The Texas Credit Union League announced Friday it is venturing into online radio blogs and "social networking" by launching a monthly "BlogTalkRadio" program starting next Wednesday.

LANSING, Mich. -- Chrysler Corp. will join General Motors Corp. in the auto financing program of the Michigan Credit Union League and CUNA to provide low-rate car loans and price discounts to members through next June, it was announced last week.

MADISON, Wis. -- First it was Washington, D.C., then Missouri and Oklahoma. Now Wisconsin is getting a Credit Union House in the New Year thanks to a new facility by the Wisconsin Credit Union League.