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Colorado Commissioner of Financial Services Chris Myklebust recently announced a series of by-law options for state chartered credit unions regarding merger authorization and mutual savings bank conversions following industry-wide controversy on the matters.

The National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions has adopted a new brand that it hopes will help it emphasize its dual roles of helping build up community development credit unions and helping mainstream credit unions explore how to better serve low income members and communities.

Charlie Cook (center), editor of the Cook Political Report, outlines presidential candidate current polling numbers to more than 100 congressional staffers gathered with political pundits Tuesday, July 24, for the latest (fourth of eight) 2008 presidential election "Power Breakfasts," organized by National Journal and MSNBC. CUNA co-sponsors the series. In...

NCUA and the other federal financial regulators recently issued a statement to assist credit unions and other financial institutions in their Bank Secrecy Act compliance efforts.

The judges and the categories they'll be judging have been named for the eighth annual CUNA Mutual/CUNA Lending Council Excellence in Lending Awards, which recognizes outstanding lending results by credit unions.

NCUA Chairman JoAnn Johnson and NASCUS Chairman Linda Jekel signed an updated Document of Cooperation last week, which formalizes the state and federal regulators' continued commitment to cooperatively ensure the safety and soundness of all federally insured, state-chartered credit unions.