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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Opposition Mounts to Misguided Arizona Interchange Bill

March 4, 2025

Arizona lawmakers are getting an earful about the potential harmful effects of HB 2629, and rightfully so! It would be harmful to consumers, pose a public safety risk, and threaten fraud protection and the security of the payments system.

The bill could be heard by the House Committee of the Whole as soon as Wednesday of this week.

Everyone is weighing in, from credit union advocates to small business owners.

More than 700 GoWest Credit Union Advocates responded to our call to action, sending messages to House members. There is still time to add your voice. Please visit our Call to Action Center today and click on the “Arizona Credit Unions Oppose HB 2629” section. It takes only minutes to send a message.

In addition, small business owners are setting the record straight in Op-eds

Molly Ashton owns popular Crumbl Cookies franchises in Queen Creek and Mesa. She points out exactly how carving the tax portion out of a card purchase would create a mess, potentially requiring two different transactions – one for the tax and one for the transaction amount.

“Do we really want Arizona to be next in line for that kind of chaos?” she asks. “I’m biased, but I’d say don’t let the cookie crumble in our state.”

Read Ashton’s opinion here.

Eric Luoma, who owns Cactus Flower Florists in Scottsdale, Chandler, and Carefree, doesn’t like the smell of HB 2629 either. He points out credit and debit cards are quick, secure, and simple for his customers and his stores.

“Now, a handful of big-box mega-retailers are asking state lawmakers to turn Arizona’s trusted system of electronic payments upside down,” he writes in the Scottsdale Independent. “The move threatens to create an additional costly burden for small businesses like mine.”

Read Luoma’s Op-ed here.

Posted in Advocacy on the Move, Arizona Advocacy.