Amidst banker vs. credit union invective, the Wisconsin State Legislature has for the moment turned thumbs down on passing Community Act Investment rules to cover CUs.

Those credit union folk in north central Montana have a can-do spirit.

PEEWAUKEE, Wis.--Embroiled in a legislative spat with bankers over a bill to introduce Community Reinvestment Act rules for CUs into the state, the Wisconsin Credit Union League Tuesday called banker tactics an attempt to put CUs out of business and "take them over."

SAN ANTONIO -- According to bankers, San Antonio is a "credit union town" and so it is not surprising that a local business writer for the San Antonio Express News wrote a biting tongue-in-cheek article hitting bank practices on helping small business owners while attacking CUs.

SALT LAKE CITY -- Relief is on the way for Utah credit unions in making business loans with a compromise bill hammered out between the Utah League of Credit Unions and the Utah Bankers Association ready for the signature of Gov. John Huntsman Jr.

Kenneth Ross, a former vice president of regulatory and legal affairs for the Michigan Credit Union League, has became the state's top CU regulator after holding down the job on an interim basis for the last six months.

The Utah League of Credit Unions has named a new head of its communications area, Jim Bennett, who previously headed up his own Salt Lake City marketing firm and is a former campaign advisor to Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah).

Two big credit unions, one in Texas and the other in Virginia, are showing heightened interest in those high-tech mobile ATMs, making use of them for branding and operational advantage.