Members Cooperative Credit Union has become the first in Minnesota to join the network of credit unions using the Fynanz Inc. turnkey private student lending platform, the company said.

As the credit union industry touts its reputation for its treatment of members, some banks fall short on how they treat their small business customers.

The blog network has a new credit union entry this month from an out-of-work CU marketer from Illinois, whose weekly radio internet show, "CU Chat Up" is gaining some high profile attention.

J. Benson Porter, chief executive officer at the $2.4 billion Addison Avenue Federal Credit Union, was elected to the board of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco earlier this week. Porter said he will begin serving his four-year term Jan. 1.