Corporate governance

The itinerary for the meeting of Kroger-affiliated credit unions seemed straightforward enough – a few speakers, some light refreshments and, wait…a tour of a legal marijuana dispensary?

Ballot initiatives in several states – along with growth projections in states where marijuana is already legal – could shift opinions on how to regulate banking services for the industry.

Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union in St. Paul, Minn., signed a multi-year marketing contract with the athletics program at the University of Minnesota.

Tacoma, Wash.-based grant-writing firm CU Strategic Planning said eight of its clients were awarded nearly $13 million in the latest round of grants from the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.

A team of 24 credit union leaders and guests from across the U.S. visited Tanzania for the Educruise Africa Safari conference in August as part of a credit union development educator exchange trip.

Seattle-based credit union once again turning to local musicians and artists for awareness initiative.

There are a variety of opinions on how CUs can best position themselves to capitalize on the Wells Fargo scandal, but one thing is clear: the time to do so is now.

Bank Transfer Day is set for a comeback following the Wells Fargo cross-selling scandal, but credit unions are warned not to expect the same type of mass consumer migration they saw five years ago.

More CDCUs received grant funding this year, but the overall total awarded to credit unions was down slightly from 2015.

NCUA’s quarterly map of state-by-state growth details overall gains for the industry but more of the usual bad news for smaller CUs.

CUs in Wisconsin and Alabama sign on with CUSO's NPS technology

More than 50% of millennials can't distinguish between CUs and banks, indicating that credit unions still face a significant awareness gap with younger consumers.

Latah FCU has converted to a state charter with private share insurance, citing NCUA's potential for interference in the credit union's operations through its management of the share insurance fund.

Financial institutions may have a reputation for being old-school, but their rapidly growing digital-ad budgets are in step with the rest of the business world. Credit unions and banks can both gather valuable demographic data from who clicks on their ads and better measure returns on their investments.

Pentagon Federal Credit Union in Alexandria, Va., has agreed to acquire Clovis, N.M.-based High Plains Federal Credit Union.

Annual innovation competition brought together approximately 200 people focused on the next big tech breakthrough for CUs.

Strategic Resource Management (SRM) said it has launched a consulting focus area dedicated to helping credit unions and banks capture maximum benefit from vendor contracts during and after a merger or acquisition.

Five finalists are vying to win CUES’ competition by pitching special projects aimed at everything from financial education and savings to employee development and engagement.

Merger will be finalized on Oct.1, after being in the works for nearly a year.

Initiative gives high school students on-the-job vocational training.