Sacramento Credit Union is showing that it really can pay to be a member.

In a novel twist to payday lending, a Phoenix credit union, the $1.1 billion Arizona State, has agreed to a partnering pact with a Tucson health care employer to help its workers "break the debt cycle" to payday shops.

The $863 million Orange County Credit Union has taken contributions from its staff and turned them into care packages for U.S. troops serving in Afghanistan.

The board of directors of Community Educational Federal Credit Union recently approved a merger with Vantage Credit Union.