ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Saying his agency lacks the statutory power to do it, NCUA Chairman Michael E. Fryzel today asked Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson to give noninterest bearing accounts at credit unions the same unlimited deposit insurance as those accounts have at banks.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Elan Financial Services, a subsidiary of US Bancorp, will offer agent issuing credit union partners the opportunity to issue the Visa Signature card.

PHOENIX -- The Arizona Credit Union System said Thursday it expects to have representation at a noon rally today on the state capitol grounds highlighted by a new call by state Attorney General Terry Goddard to defeat a ballot measure aiding the payday industry.

FAIRBORN, Ohio -- By design the $1.3 billion Wright-Patt Credit Union has shunned merger bids in favor of "focusing on the member," but in less than two weeks the state's largest CU has agreed to take on a small suburban Dayton CU that pursued Wright-Patt as a merger partner.