JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Credit Union Association is giving its smallest credit unions a dues break by cutting the annual formula by as much as 17%.

LANSING, Mich. -- Citing not-sufficient-funds abuse, the Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services is cracking down on payday lenders with $50,000 fines or license revocation on customer overcharges.

WASHINGTON -- While on the sidelines for the last year, CUNA has now filed an amicus brief in the Kentucky court case dealing with another banker-driven challenge to community charters.

SALT LAKE CITY -- Culminating five years of talks, the $2.4 billion Mountain America Federal Credit Union is merging with the 67-year-old Salt Lake CU, which retains a 26,500-member base of city employees and SEG groups.

MARTINSBURG, W. Va. -- It may not be big news elsewhere but West Virginia has its first student-run credit union branch in a high school here. But it's a matter of time--and motivation--when the achievement might fit nationally into the industry's advocacy and awareness pitch.

SPOKANE, Wash. -- Pointing to changes in new federal rate-cutting rules and lowering of the guarantee, the $1 billion Spokane Teachers Credit Union is getting out of the student loan business effective this fall.

WASHINGTON -- CUNA's 'Home for Our Troops' campaign to showcase the industry's contribution to Iraqi veterans during the political party conventions this summer picked up new steam Tuesday with separate announcements on state participation and a fundraising call by the $1.6 billion Keesler FCU greeted as "a moving tribute to...

EL PASO, Texas -- A media campaign touting the role Texas credit unions play in business lending during a period of economic stress was getting more mileage for the Texas Credit Union League this week as seen in a second favorable editorial appearing in a local newspaper.