MADISON, Wis. - The bank/credit union squabble over the tax-exemption, which received spirited air time over Wisconsin Public Radio two weeks ago, is due for another round of discussion in a Milwaukee business publication. Small Business Times, which seized on the U.S. House Ways & Means Committee tax-exemption hearings in...

PLANO, Texas - Southwest Corporate Federal Credit Union preceded its 28th Annual Economic Forum, "New Thinking for a New Economy," with a dedication ceremony at its new headquarters building. Crystal-clear blue skies and cool fall temperatures contributed to a strong turnout for the dedication Tuesday, Oct. 25. Approximately 150 individuals...

Doing the right thing comes easy to Michael Davenport, president of the $9 million Integris FCU.

WICHITA, Kan. - The Kansas Credit Union Association has hired the state's top regulator, Jerel Wright, to head up its governmental and public affairs department in Topeka. Wright, who had been Administrator of the Kansas Department of Credit Unions the last eight years and is a former KCUA staffer, left...

PUEBLO, Colo. - The credit unions did it. They beat a group of Colorado banks in a charity baseball game, 19-13. Not unexpected, the bankers immediately complained about "foul play" - specifically the use of a handful of CU employee spouses who performed some batting heroics. "The credit unions won...

DENVER - In a $40,000 package buy, Denver area credit unions are stepping up their TV advocacy advertising this month and in the process getting favorable exposure on local talk shows and on Internet links. "This is a good example of what credit unions can do when they combine their...

SANTA ANA, Calif. - The $5.5 billion Orange County Teachers Federal Credit Union has found its Louisiana match under CUNA's "Adopt-A-Credit Union" program. Named as the recipient of long-term OTFCU Katrina aid is the $15 million St. Bernard Parish School Board Employees CU located in hard-hit Chalmette, a New Orleans...

PUEBLO, Colo. - Sure enough, the battle between banks and credit unions was set to be "played out" here last week in a first-of-its-kind "Credit Union vs. Banks Benefit Softball Game" being held as a Katrina fund raiser. "I sure don't want to lose to the bankers," declared a confident...