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Credit union marketers stretched beyond all boundaries to share their message in 2006. From exploring nontraditional venues such as running into area offices and challenging staffers to become "superheroes" by encouraging credit union membership and chauffeuring a "just married couple" around downtown to promote joint checking to offering special newborn...

The $331 million Lafayette Federal Credit Union and $1.2 billion Think Federal Credit Union are both wending their way through the conversion process. Lafayette is almost finished and has scheduled its special meeting at which members will be able to cast their final votes on the proposal. Think filed its...

In a very close race, Iowa Rep. Bob Kressig (D-Cedar Falls) was re-elected during November's elections.

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, an office of the Treasury Department, sent out a call for nominations of financial organizations and trade associations to serve on its Bank Secrecy Act Advisory Group.

With less than a week left before the special meeting at which the members of the $331 million Lafayette Federal Credit Union will discuss and finish voting on their potential charter change, controversy continued to dog the issue.

National Association of Community Credit Unions' Board decided after Executive Director Marc Selvitelli announced his departure to recommend that the organization be disbanded.