Two delegates from the Maryland & D.C. Credit Union Association, through the World Council of Credit Unions, have returned from Nicaragua after sharing ideas with the fledgling credit union system there on governance.

Students with learning disabilities can now pick up financial literacy skills from a program that is tailored to their needs thanks to a new curriculum released by the $12 million Syracuse Cooperative Federal Credit Union.

Two credit unions in North Carolina have announced making major commitments to help their lower income members get money back from their taxes.

Taking account of what he called the growing "mess in mortgages," Jim Blaine, the president/CEO of State Employees' Credit Unioin, speaking before CU directors Wednesday plugged his CU's own ARM product as a profitable vehicle that greatly serves members' needs.