With an eye on sharply strengthening its lobbying strategy, the Ohio Credit Union League announced this week it is revamping its annual meeting format to include for the first time a Columbus “Hike the Hill.”

The $3.7 billion Patelco Credit Union rolled out simultaneous marketing campaigns Tuesday, one on a “trust your CU” theme and the other spontaneous cash giveaways using a “Patelco Pays Your Way” pitch.

Earlier this month during CUNA's GAC, Credit Union Times sat down with some credit union executives to find out why they found it important to lobby Washington on key credit union issues.

An Iowa Senate bill that would allow financial institutions to conduct savings promotion raffles is getting support from credit unions in the Hawkeye state.