CUNA is busy firming up its speaker list for the Governmental Affairs Conference slated Feb. 25-28 at the Washington, D.C., Hilton & Towers.

In October 2006, the ratio of surplus funds to assets reached a record low of 25.5% for credit unions.

In a development that surprised many credit union observers, a majority of the members of the $332 million Lafayette Federal Credit Union who participated in the credit union's charter change vote appear to have cast ballots in favor of becoming a bank. A short statement from the credit union, which...