LAS VEGAS - Hoping to encourage new credit union formations in the state, the Nevada Credit Union League has issued a 31-page manual guiding interested residents in chartering new state or federal credit unions. "It's been more than five years since the last credit union was started in our state,...

CARSON CITY, Nev. - Here's a story of how legislative teamwork achieved in lightning speed, coupled with a quest to protect long-term interests of credit unions has paid off for the 12-state chartered CUs in Nevada. The story has a happy ending, indeed, for CUs following passage of a new...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Where is the industry's "passion" might have been the theme for CUNA Chairman David Maus' keynote speech to the annual convention of the Arizona Credit Union League here. The banking industry, observed Maus, is "on the attack and wants us to fail" and yet do credit unions...

DENVER - It was called a credit union coup a year and a half ago when the $400 million Public Service Credit Union of Denver beat out banks the likes of BankofAmerica, KeyBanks and Wells Fargo to operate the ATM concession at Denver's sprawling International Airport. Has Public Service made...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The New Mexico Credit Union League, convinced cyberspace is the vehicle to reach young people, is offering an innovative education package making use of teen "message boards," Web sites and youth-written newsletters to convey a pro-CU message. The program, called "CU Succeed," expects to sign up eight...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Even with many favorable signs, the new Democratic leadership in the U.S. Senate presents a climate of some uncertainty for credit unions, particularly on community reinvestment type regulation, according to Peter Crear, CUNA's executive vice president and chief operating officer. Speaking at the annual meeting of the...