Credit Union Management

NEW ORLEANS - A record 358 CUNA CFO Council members are attending today's annual conference here, according to Cheryl Sorenson, CUNA conference and meetings manager.

While savings at credit unions were up 2.2% year-to-date to $787 billion, compared to first quarter data over the past four years, growth may have reached its peak for the industry.

Under a new SEC proposal, large traders would be issued a unique identification number so that their broker-dealers could maintain transaction records in an effort to stop illegal trading activity.

Tower Federal Credit Union has made it even easier for staffers to make time for exercise.

Members who use shared branching services are more profitable for their CUs, according to a study commissioned by CO-OP Financial Services, the parent CUSO of CO-OP Shared Branching.

The task of protecting 10 small highway credit unions in Missouri from being ousted from state offices just got tougher even after lawmakers gave vigorous support to the industry cause late last month.

Yesterday's strange trading activity during the market's large sell-off is no surprise given the strong recoveries for most indexes as of late.

For fiscal year 2011, the SEC said it estimates collecting $1.7 billion on transaction and registration fees but that would be offset by the $1.25 billion proposed by President Obama for the agency's operations.