CU Times' Washington reporter offers lessons on presidential budgets and bill naming.

Credit union loans grew in January at their fastest rate in 17 years, led again by loans for cars and businesses, according to a CUNA Mutual Group report released March 28.

The traditional car sales model is being disrupted by companies without a sales force and with few locations.

The $2.4 billion Spokane Teachers Credit Union in Liberty Lake, Wash., hired Brendan Wiechert as director of commercial and business services. Wiechert oversees a commercial and business portfolio of more than 400 clients and more than $300 million in loan commitments. His team is based in the Hutton Building in...