The Chairman's Group met recently in Baltimore. The organization comprises mostly credit union chairmen but also other volunteers, and I was fortunate enough to receive an invite.

NEW YORK -- A group of 11 credit union and CUSO executives went to the Finovate Fall 2010 conference with a mission: to witness the latest innovations in financial technology and envision their applications for credit unions.

Forty-eight community development credit unions that applied for funds from the U.S. Treasury Department's Community Development Capital Initiative received them by the time the program distribution closed last week.