CUNA and the Minnesota Credit Union Network Monday announced the launch of "Open Your Eyes to a Credit Union" campaign, with a digital-first designed to raise consideration of credit unions using research-proven messages.

FASB will conduct a public roundtable discussion Monday to discuss additional views on its CECL standard, and CUNA will attend the discussion after pushing FASB to take opportunities for additional feedback on implementation of the standard.

The Cooperative Trust announced this week 100 young credit union professionals that will “Crash the GAC” at CUNA’s upcoming Governmental Affairs Conference. This year marks the 10th year of the program.

President Donald Trump signed a bill Friday evening funding the government through Feb. 15, ending the partial government shutdown. CUNA President/CEO Jim Nussle thanked America’s credit unions for their efforts serving members who were furloughed.

The executive committee of the Credit Union Legislative Action Council, CUNA’s political action committee, announced Thursday they have confirmed league nominations to serve on the CULAC Board of Trustees.

Credit union services to federal workers affected by the government shutdown continued to attract the notice of policymakers this week, with several referring constituents to CUNA, league and credit union resources.

President Donald Trump announced Friday that a deal has been struck with legislators to reopen the federal government with funding through Feb. 15.

CUNA sent information on credit union assistance efforts for members affected by the government shutdown to a group of five members of the Senate Banking Committee who reached out seeking information on assistance to federal workers.

Even before she became part of the credit union movement, Melissa Janssen of Royal CU, Eau Claire, Wis., was passionate about education. In June 2018 she attended the first ever CUNA National Young Professionals Conference.

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