HOUSTON -- Scores of Texas credit unions sustained damage, some of it apparently extensive particularly in Galveston, from Hurricane Ike as other CUs began restoring a semblance of normal operations in makeshift sites amid a scene of widespread destruction in Galveston and coastal towns.

BEAUMONT, Texas -- For scores of hurricane-battered Louisiana and Texas credit unions, backup generators turned into key life savers Monday and in a city of 100,000 like this without power a generator was indeed a business luxury.

MADISON, Wis. -- In a Hurricane Ike update Monday, CUNA Mutual Group said its on-site catastrophe adjusters continue to have difficulty contacting policyholders because of ongoing search and rescue operations and evacuation orders barring residents returning to their homes.

FARMERS BRANCH, Texas -- The Texas Credit Union League said Monday the scope of destruction from Hurricane Ike on vast areas of the Texas coast has made the job of assessing damage and property loss to CU employees and members a massive undertaking.

HOUSTON -- With credit union property losses expected to reach the millions from Hurricane Ike, scores of Texas and Louisiana credit unions were doing preliminary damage assessment Monday as many flooded branches and headquarters remained closed in areas without power.

AUSTIN, Texas -- Personnel from the estimated 100 Texas credit unions in the "hit" zone of Hurricane Ike have traveled to sites as far away as Oklahoma and Arkansas to escape the storm's wrath, the state's top CU regulator, Harold Feeney, said Friday.

BILLINGS, Mont. -- It's been two weeks since thousands lined up for $1.81 a gallon at a Billings convenience store, thanks to a promotion by Billings Federal Credit Union, and now the post mortem shows the unusual awareness campaign paid off big time in public good will and media coverage.

BILLINGS, Mont. -- It's been two weeks since thousands lined up for $1.81 a gallon at a Billings convenience store, thanks to a promotion by Billings Federal Credit Union, and now the post mortem shows the unusual awareness campaign paid off big time in public good will and media coverage.