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LAS VEGAS -- Squeezed in every direction from tight margins to growing online competition and now a "rebuked NCUA," this is hardly an easy time being a credit union director Bruce Jolly told a volunteer gathering today.

MADISON, Wis. -- World Council of Credit Unions extended its enrollment deadline for the 2008 Hispanic Marketing Immersion Program to Friday, Aug. 15.

NEW YORK -- Two Community Development Credit Unions have been named as semifinalists for the NEXT Awards For Opportunity Finance. The awards are sponsored by Wachovia Bank, funded by the John and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and include opportunities for low-cost loans and grants.

WASHINGTON -- Retailers that support a legislative cap on card interchange are still using high gasoline prices to justify their approach.

LAS VEGAS -- Credit union directors got an earful today from one of their peers, a 21-year-old Los Angeles college student at USC Credit Union, about failings in online operations and continued missteps in how CUs approach the youth market.

HOUSTON -- With this year's conference theme of "blazing new trails, building dreams Texas-style," the African American Credit Union Coalition has kicked off its annual gathering here.