Michael Bartlett

After more than a decade, a rising interest rate environment is coming. Are credit unions ready?

Providing beds for needy kids, helping injured members of the armed services and a host of other ways credit unions are giving back.

On the first day of the 2018 CUNA CFO Council conference, futurist Mike Walsh gave credit unions a hint of the world to come from both a consumer and business point of view.

CEO James Schenck told attendees at the credit union's 2018 annual meeting that last year saw record growth, including a 10% increase in membership and more.

The CEO of Iowa's largest credit union suspects a rider attached to a budget bill before the state's legislature was inserted to "placate bankers" after the recent failure of a move to tax CUs there.

In a letter responding to a request for clairty from the Wisconsin Credit Union League, the federal regulator expanded its preemption to include state-chartered, federally insured CUs.

Hosting overseas delegations of credit union professionals, giving back to the homeless and sick kids, and more ways CUs are making a difference.

The Minnesota-based credit union said its current system was not keeping up with the marketplace.

The two major national credit union trade associations have sent recommendations for improving the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s enforcement processes.

Recognizing members of the armed forces, helping out local nonprofits, celebrating women in the credit union movement and other ways CUs are giving back.