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MADISON, Wis. -- The World Council of Credit Unions has announced the dates for its 2008 Cooperative Learning Tours to Ecuador where participants can experience the credit union difference during week-long guided tours throughout the country.

NCUA Board Vice Chairman Rodney Hood came out strongly against credit unions being covered by the Community Reinvestment Act at CUNA's Governmental Affairs Conference, making the case that the current economic conditions show CUs are helping their members not because they have to do so but because it's the right...

CUNA President and CEO Dan Mica urged a record number of attendees at CUNA's Governmental Affairs Conference not to overreact to the admittedly bad economic news and to keep on a steady path toward helping CU members.

WASHINGTON -- NCUA Board Chairman JoAnn Johnson will seek to reassure federal lawmakers about the financial health of credit unions when she joins other banking regulators testifying today before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.

WASHINGTON--Congressmen Paul Kanjorski (D-Pa.) and Ed Royce (R-Calif.)--champions of the Credit Union Regulatory Improvements Act (H.R. 1537)--have introduced a sister bill of regulatory relief basics.

WASHINGTON -- More than 1100 people paid $200 apiece to attend National Credit Union Foundation's Wegner Awards Dinner this year, gathering for the first time in a ballroom of Washington's Grand Hyatt hotel to celebrate this year's three credit union heroes.