MADISON, Wis. -- The World Council of Credit Unions has announced the dates for its 2008 Cooperative Learning Tours to Ecuador where participants can experience the credit union difference during week-long guided tours throughout the country.

WASHINGTON -- NCUA Board Chairman JoAnn Johnson will seek to reassure federal lawmakers about the financial health of credit unions when she joins other banking regulators testifying today before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.

WASHINGTON--Congressmen Paul Kanjorski (D-Pa.) and Ed Royce (R-Calif.)--champions of the Credit Union Regulatory Improvements Act (H.R. 1537)--have introduced a sister bill of regulatory relief basics.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- As industry leaders gather in Washington today for this year's Governmental Affairs Conference, California credit unions are already hard at work on Governor Schwarzenegger's new Bank on California initiative.