Credit unions have a proven track record of protecting interests of their members, because they are the owners too, CUNA wrote to House leadership this week, and the hallmark of any member-owned institution is establishing a dispute resolution process.

Registration is now open for the largest credit union advocacy event of the year, the 2020 CUNA GAC. The event will take place Feb. 23-27 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.

The Senate Appropriations financial services and general government subcommittee passed its fiscal year 2020 bill Tuesday, a bill that funds the Treasury’s CDFI Fund at $251 million, a $1 million raise from this fiscal year.

American Heritage CU President/CEO Bruce K. Foulke and Chief Operating Officer Scott McCaw performed a humanitarian trip to credit unions in the Bahamas impacted by Hurricane Dorian at the behest of the World Council of Credit Unions.

Federally insured, low-income credit unions that want to become certified CDFIs have until Oct. 5 to apply to use NCUA’s qualification process for streamlined CDFI certification for the final time in 2019.