TULLAHOMA, Tenn. -- A frustrated Bank of America credit card holder helped to put Ascend Federal Credit Union in the national news spotlight yesterday evening.

MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. - The $4 billion Kinecta Federal Credit Union co-hosted the 35th Annual Nix Check Cashing Holiday Food Drive on Sunday, November 23, which raised more than $110,000, and distributed food and gift cards to 1,200 needy families.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Robert Manning, director of the center for consumer financial services at Rochester Institute of Technology, he has been testifying for years before Congress about the negative consequences of consumer debt to deaf ears.

CHICAGO, Ill. -- Financial Managers Society has elected Daryl J. Cady, executive vice president/chief financial officer at St. Mary's Bank CU, to the board of directors, the first female and first credit union executive to serve as chairman of the association in its 60- year history.