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The $1.7 billion Community America Credit Union of Kansas City is on a roll with branches in Walmart stores by planning to open three more facilities this fall including one this week.

A television series aimed at children and sponsored by credit unions has won next year's Herb Wegner Award for Outstanding Program.

A federal bankruptcy judge lauded credit unions for taking a lead role in the literacy movement and singled out a new venture of the Credit Union Association of Colorado.

The League of Southeastern Credit Unions has a new treasurer, Tina Williams, of Mobile, Ala., replacing Dale Dalbey, forced out last month from the LSCU board after his Birmingham CU, Mutual Savings, fell into NCUA conservatorship.

The pullout by banks in financing nonprofit charities opened the door to Alabama's largest credit union, the $2.5 billion Redstone FCU, for a linkup with a local YMCA.

CUNA and NAFCU are now working together to come up with a joint response to NCUA's next move regarding corporate structure.