Retailers and card issuers are frequently lined up across from each other along the issue of credit and debit card interchange. But the issue still sometimes makes strange allies.

Bill Slach's Sept. 9 letter to Credit Union Times ["Linking Up With Other Co-Ops"] offered the observation that "credit unions may be missing the boat when they do not partner with other cooperative organizations."

WASHINGTON -- It was less of a lobbying session and more like old home week when Selfreliance Ukrainian American Federal Credit Union President/CEO Bohdan Watral and Board Chairman Michel R. Kos visited Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.) at his office

With speech making, picture taking and a cookout, CUNA's leadership all but wrapped up year-long anniversary celebrations last week marking the founding of credit unions with a gathering in Estes Park, Colo., to commemorate CUNA's chartering 75 years ago.