CUNA will conduct two training programs for young credit union professionals in September. Registration is open now for the all-day programs, scheduled for Sept. 10 and Sept. 24 at Credit Union House.

CUNA and the Illinois Credit Union League saw a victory late Tuesday with the dismissal of a frivolous lawsuit against Aurora (Ill.) Policemen CU. CUNA and the league filed an amicus brief.

Credit union supported candidates saw victories in Tuesday’s primaries, including in Kansas and Michigan, and a likely victory in Ohio’s special election. Candidates are supported by CULAC and state leagues.

Collaborations help small credit unions not only survive, but thrive, the chair of CUNA’s Small Credit Union Committee wrote Wednesday in Credit Union Times. Gary Parker also wrote about the power of small credit union collaboration.

The SBA’s Office of Advocacy wrote to the FCC sharing credit union concerns with the TCPA. Members of CUNA’s Small Credit Union Committee asked the SBA to contact the FCC, and credit unions were cited in the letter.

Credit unions saw an industry-changing victory 20 years ago with the passage of H.R. 1151, CUNA President/CEO Jim Nussle wrote Monday, a win that demonstrated the credit union system is at its best when it works together.

Credit unions are involved with dozens of primary races across Kansas, Michigan, Missouri and Washington Tuesday, as well as a special election in Ohio. Hawaii’s primaries will take place Saturday, August 11.

The Federal Reserve published a Consumer Compliance Supervision Bulletin in July, which provides high level summaries of a variety of compliance issues, focusing mostly on fair lending risks and Unfair, or Deceptive Acts of Practices.

CUNA encouraged NCUA to analyze ways regulations governing non-member deposits could be improved without posing additional risk in a letter following recent meetings between agency staff and CUNA’s Small Credit Union Committee.

Two credit union-friendly candidates won their Republican primary elections Thursday in Tennessee, Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett in the 2nd Congressional District and State Sen. Mark Green in the 7th Congressional District.