WASHINGTON-Just over a year ago, CUNA embarked on what was hailed as an ambitious goal to collect information from credit unions all across the nation of all sizes and others in the financial services field. These ideas were gathered, mulled over, and presented to CUNA's Board by the Renaissance Commission,...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - It was an active year for CU-to-thrift charter conversions. Notable about this year was the size of some of the converting CUs. Historically CUs that have converted have been on the smaller side, but no more. Take for example the $356 million Rainier Pacific FCU...

Credit union leaders, advocates and observers reliably devote attention to NCUA operating and cost structure issues at this time in the agency's cycle of budget consideration and approval. Some even suggest severing the NCUA from the NCUSIF will end the overhead transfer rate (OTR) debate. While thought provoking, dividing the...