Frank J. Diekmann gives highlights and insights from CO-OP's THINK 13.

Peter Duffy, managing director with Sandler O'Neill + Partners, explains the Great Divide and how it hurts credit unions.

Michael E. Fryzel talks why community outreach is the credit union philosophy in action.

Patty Graves, director of risk management services with the Paragon Group, gives reasons to implement ERM and explains the steps to take to get started.

Matthew Sirlin, Supervisory Committee Member with Xcel FCU, discusses National Credit Union Youth Week.

Paul Thompson, former CUNA staffer, goes through credit union history, 1970 to present.

A selection of images featuring credit unions’ efforts in their communities.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. – The rising tide of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks on American financial institutions has led CO-OP Financial Services to commission a white paper on how credit unions can fight back.

FAIRFAX, Va. – Lila Carnevale, vice chair of the Fairfax County FCU board of directors, is retiring after 34 years on the board and 46 years as a volunteer for the $280-million credit union in suburban Washington, D.C.

ALTON, Ill. – Altonized Community FCU said Rick Sebold is retiring at the end of May after 37 years with the $36-million credit union.

KYLE, S.D. – Lakota FCU, the first federally insured financial institution on the Pine Ridge Reservation, home to the Sioux Indian tribe, opened Friday.

GREAT FALLS, Mont. – Great Falls Teachers FCU this morning becomes Embark FCU.

OREGON CITY, Ore. – A car driven by an elderly man just before noon Friday hopped a curb, crashed through the front window of an OnPoint CU branch and kept going until it was right in the middle of the lobby.

LAKE MARY, Fla. – A woman with convictions for prostitution, burglary, theft and drug possession allegedly posed as an employee of CFE FCU to trick an 89-year-old member suffering from dementia into giving her his debit card and siphoning all but $3.09 from his account.

SURREY, British Columbia – Members of Coast Capital CU, Canada's second-largest credit union, last week voted overwhelmingly in favor of reviewing their board members’ pay, which is costing them $750,000 a year.

MADISON, Wis. – Dr. Richard “Doc” Heins, the well-known CEO of CUNA Mutual from 1988 to 1996 and winner of the 2010 Herb Wegner Award in Washington D.C. for his lifetime achievements in the credit union movement, died Friday at 85.

DUBUQUE, Iowa – DuTrac Community Credit Union has introduced a smart phone application to assist members in buying a vehicle.

LYNCHBURG, Va. – NCUA said this evening it shuttered $14 million Lynrocten FCU here, the year’s sixth credit union failure.

MADISON, Wis. – Members of the Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 39 voted yesterday to ratify a new three-year labor contract with CUNA Mutual Group.

HIGHTSTOWN, N.J. – The New Jersey CU League announced this afternoon that Greg Michlig, an executive with CU Executives Society, has been hired as its president and CEO.