Mar18

Help Build a Credit Union Chapter for the Tri-Cities Area! 

Join your peers as we explore the opportunity to create a Credit Union Chapter in the Tri-Cities area!
Mar25

Commercial Services Council; Session One

This session provides an opportunity to engage with a community of commercial lending, and business service leaders focused on treasury and cash management services, member business lending programs, and strategies for deepening relationships with small business and commercial clients.
Mar26

HR & Trainers Council; Session One

The Council’s open format serves to encourage and recharge staff dealing with similar challenges and developments within the Credit Union Movement. Human resources and training professionals gather to learn, teach, pass on tips, and provide resources, information, networking, and professional development opportunities to best prepare for what’s on the horizon.
Mar27

Marketers Council; Session One

The Council — open to marketing, communications, media relations, public relations, business development, and community outreach professionals — is interactive and belongs to the members. Beneficial presentations are offered, along with the opportunity for credit union professionals to share in roundtable discussions. Councils provide an outlet that furthers the success of credit unions.
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Economists: Taxing Credit Unions Would Adversely Impact Consumers and the Economy

March 1, 2025

US Capitol Building

Loss of the credit union tax exemption would result in direct losses to consumers, and would have far reaching consequences for the overall economy, according to an independent analysis released this week.

Robert Feinberg, an economist from American University, and Douglas Meade, from the firm, Interindustry Economic Research Fund, Inc. released a detailed study documenting how credit unions’ unique cooperative structure benefits the economy, and detailing specific evidence loss of the tax exemption would have.

The study is being shared in Congress this week, as thousands of credit union advocates – including 400 from the GoWest region – are in the beltway for the annual national Governmental Affairs Conference. Read more here.

Posted in Advocacy on the Move, Federal Advocacy.