Nearly two years in the drafting stage, the Ohio Credit Union League is looking for a dues increase and restructuring to start in 2008.

CUNA's "Little Guy" ad campaign is finding some running legs, so to speak, in North Carolina with CU employee/members taking part in a special fundraising project--a grueling long-distance race this September across two states.

roviding a kind of wake-up call to credit unions, Wal-Mart's big "Money Smart" venture into financial services is triggering an industry appeal to promote and brand more "unbanked" payday products.

Joining in a national push to halt falloffs in league memberships, the California Credit Union League said this week it has formed an Ad Hoc Membership Committee to return disaffiliated CUs back into the organization.

The $736 million Elevations Credit Union, which converted from a federal to a state charter last March to take advantage of more liberal field of membership rules, has won regulatory approval to expand into all of two counties under its multi-group, community charter.

In a novel twist to payday lending, a Phoenix credit union, the $1.1 billion Arizona State, has agreed to a partnering pact with a Tucson health care employer to help its workers "break the debt cycle" to payday shops.

How much do members really care about credit union name changes? Like last winter's "Optiva" flap at the $575 million University of Iowa Community Credit Union.

After nearly two years on the drawing boards, the Ohio Credit Union League is looking for a dues increase and restructuring plan starting in 2008.