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At the heart of a new program from the World Council of Credit Unions is a two-fold plan to attract younger members and develop leaders.

The roughly 73,000 people who live in Wilmington, Del., will likely have another financial institution to choose from later this month when the first CU chartered in 2011 opens its doors.

The $540 million Great Lakes Credit Union in Illinois has had a big year in mergersfour of themand its latest of the long-troubled Federated Family CU provides Great Lakes first entry into Wisconsin.

When signs started pointing to a possible repeal of the militarys dont ask, dont tell policy, Hanscom Federal Credit Union had been thinking about ways to reinforce its long-term policy on inclusion.

Federal agents have seized the accounts at a Sacramento-area credit union of two businesses that dispense marijuana to people with a doctor's prescription, according to court documents.

An innovative community development credit union that serves the greater New Orleans area is one of 12 financial institutions to receive federal grant money to help improve the quality of food in their areas.

Innovation, creativity and, most importantly, action all merged together at the CU Water Cooler Symposium held at the FORUM Conference Center in Fishers, Ind.

Uncontrollable environmental factors such as stiff competition, low loan demand and regulatory changes have posed challenges for CUs looking to grow. But some are managing to do just that. Heres how three credit unions, two in Oklahoma and one in Iowa, achieved growth in the midst of a recession.