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Iowa credit unions cautiously congratulated themselves Thursday for handling the corporate dilemma by linking up with the National Cooperative Bank.

The NCUA-conserved Southwest Corporate Federal Credit Union, seeking industry input on its next direction, has now whittled down its volunteer "advisory council" from 140 CU executives to a 13-member executive committee.

Getting back to the roots of providing financial services and striving for a consistent level of service across all channels were among the points emphasized by Ed Brett at the CU Water Cooler Symposium on Thursday.

More than 5 percent of Delta Community Credit Union's 205,000 members have signed up for mobile banking since the service debuted in June, the $3.7 billion institution said.

FISHERS, IND. -- Giving younger people ownership of projects and opportunities to develop are key to retaining them as employees, according to a panel of experts speaking at the CU Water Cooler Symposium on Thursday.

A professor of finance who has specialized in studying the Troubled Asset Relief Program has alleged political influence played a role in deciding which credit unions received funds under a U.S. Treasury Department program.

Foreclosures in the U.S. are now spreading well beyond the cities and regions where they first began their rapid growth, according to RealtyTrac, a real estate firm that specializes in foreclosure sales.

Watch all five videos of an interview between Sarah Snell Cooke, editor-in-chief of Credit Union Times, and CUNA CEO Bill Cheney discussing his first 100 days in the position.