The Credit Union Association of Oregon said Thursday it expects a sizable crowd to turn out next month for two separate visits by NCUA Chairman Deborah Matz to the state.

The report from President Obama's Economic Recovery Advisory Board that mentioned taxing credit unions has sparked a flare up in the ongoing fight between banks and credit unions in Wisconsin.

In a changeover with noteworthy symbolism, the $500 million First Citizens' Federal Credit Union of Fairhaven, Mass. has taken over a vacant bank building in Mattapoisett, a coastal community, opening it as a CU branch.

Los Angeles credit unions, smarting from a negative article in a local business journal hitting on poor performance, stepped up a quiet media campaign this week countering that "not all credit unions are suffering."