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Adapting to the times can mean identifying and forging new partnerships within the communities served.

The fallout from the recession continues to trigger more credit union mergers.

Members Cooperative Credit Union has become the first in Minnesota to join the network of credit unions using the Fynanz Inc. turnkey private student lending platform, the company said.

Kent Buckham, who has held several key positions at the NCUA, has been chosen to be the first director of the agency's Office of Consumer Protection.

Less than a week before Thanksgiving the six-year old, credit union-run "Operation Best Wishes" campaign to support the troops is on an expanded nationwide roll managing to struggle without financial backing of its major benefactor, WesCorp.

As the credit union industry touts its reputation for its treatment of members, some banks fall short on how they treat their small business customers.