Six years after the debut of Twitter, credit unions are still struggling to effectively use the social media service-and some of them are abandoning it all together.

NCUA Schedules Workshops

Credit Union Journal's Frank J. Diekmann explains why paying credit union boards could hurt the credit union movement.

Margaret Blankers, President of MJB Public Relations Group, explains why the National Credit Union Association board petition is worthy of the "uphill climb."

Kevin W. Mahan, president and actuary of CUBED, explains how to avoid surprises and why it is important to place CEO compensation plan ahead of time.

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

JACKSON, Mich. – EECU-A Community Credit Union, a former educational employees’ credit union, said it is changing its name to Michigan Community CU to better reflect its broadening membership base.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Community First CU has entered into a three-year, $100,000 sponsorship deal with the One Spark festival, the city celebration that takes place in April.

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens has a new addition: Jahi, a 3,000-pound Indian rhinoceros – thanks to Fairwinds CU.

MELBOURNE, Fla. – Space Coast CU has filed papers to seize an industrial building in Miami Lakes after the tenant filed Chapter 11.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – Communication FCU has signed with Tyfone to provide it with mobile financial services.

AUSTIN, Texas – Wincor Nixdorf has enhanced its Mobile Cash app by integrating it with Apple Passbook for iPhone, which the company said makes it easier and more convenient for consumers to withdraw cash from an ATM.

WICHITA, Kan. – Lawyers for Nomura Home Equity Loan, one of more than a dozen subprime lenders being sued by NCUA for the failure of some corporate credit unions, on Friday told a federal appeals court the agency’s in-house examiners at two of the failed corporates belie NCUA’s argument that it had to wait until after taking over before pursuing legal claims.

WASHINGTON – The Senate Banking Committee is widely expected to endorse Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray for a full term when it votes Tuesday, setting up a showdown with Republican senators when the controversial nomination goes to the floor for vote by the full Senate.

LIVONIA, Mich. – The Michigan CU League’s CU Solutions Group said it is introducing Credit Union Auto Club, a roadside assistance service, to its Invest In America discount program.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – A 12-year-old middle-schooler was irate after he learned $149 he left untouched the past three years in his ESL FCU account was seized by the state under local escheat laws.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The NCUA Board in closed meeting yesterday approved New Berlin, Wisconsin credit union giant Landmark CU’s application to acquire Hartford (Wis.) Savings Bank, a troubled, $190-million institution.

NEWARK, N.J. -- The former CEO and president of the St. James Hospital FCU pleaded guilty today to stealing $760,000 from the credit union and will likely serve three years in prison.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – NCUA said this afternoon it shuttered California’s tiny Pepsi Cola FCU, the second California credit union failure of the day and fourth failure overall for 2013.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – NCUA said this morning it shuttered I.C.E. FCU, a $3.4 million Inglewood, Calif., credit union and the third failure of 2013.