In a departure from the routine, New England credit union executives will get a bank regulator's perspective on conditions facing financial institutions next Friday.

The popularity of the World Champion New York Yankees helped the Credit Union Association of New York raise $9,750 for its Credit Union Political Action Committee.

The NCUSIF should be allowed to offer identical insurance coverage of noninterest bearing transaction accounts as the FDIC, NCUA Chairman Debbie Matz wrote in a letter to House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank.

The NCUA Board will hold a special closed meeting to discuss unspecified "supervisory activities" next Thursday, the agency announced today.