New Jersey credit unions joined together to sponsor and support cleaning several beaches along the New Jersey coast, part of twice-yearly sweeps to help remove debris from more than 60 miles of New Jersey coastline.

Congress and NCUA should work with credit unions to pursue a legislative and regulatory approach aimed at ensuring credit unions can continue to serve their millions of members, CUNA and NAFCU wrote to the House Financial Services Committee prior to federal financial regulatory testimony.  

The House and Senate are in Washington, D.C., and both chambers are expected to work on legislation funding the government past Nov. 17. Federal financial regulators—including NCUA Chairman Todd Harper and Fed Vice Chairman for Supervision Michael Barr—will testify before committees this week.

Credit union volunteers from five states and D.C. gathered for the 2023 Volunteer Leadership Conference, an annual event is co-hosted by the MD|DC Credit Union Association and the Cooperative Credit Union Association, providing board and supervisory committee members with insights to guide credit unions' strategic direction.