LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- After nearly a year on the drawing board, ARCUSO, LLC, the new indirect lending CUSO of the Arkansas Credit Union League aimed at attracting new business and members for small CUs opened for business last week.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The large amount of members that have checking accounts and use payday lenders was one of the motivators behind the launch of XtraCash, LLC as an alternative for the credit union industry.

WASHINGTON -- Attorneys for credit union associations report that U.S. District Judge Yvette Kane asked well researched and considered questions when she heard oral arguments on Jan. 4 over whether NCUA should have granted certain expanded fields of membership to several federal credit unions in Pennsylvania.