CO-OP Financial Services, the CUSO parent of the CO-OP Network and CO-OP Shared Branching has announced a $10,000 prize for "the most innovative and shareable idea that will have the greatest impact on credit unions."

A 15% drop in business lending at Wisconsin's banks is keeping pace with a national trend while the state's credit unions experienced a 13% increase in 2009.

With federal legislation on credit and debit card interchange appearing dead in the water this year,

Stanford Federal Credit Union recently took part in a global demonstration of how one tweet can be harnessed for good by sponsoring a Twestival.