News And Resources

Credit Union-to-Bank Conversion News

• "On Site Coverage: US Conversion Policy Puzzles World CU Leaders", Credit Union Times, 7/16/08.
• "New Report Finds 33% of CUs Surveyed Plan Change To Bank Charters", Credit Union Times, 1/30/08.
• "Lafayette Lost First Conversion Ballot; Recount Was Never In Play", Credit Union Times, 10/17/07.
• "Another Former Credit Union Headed to Capital Markets; Irony Galore Considering CEO’s Recent Testimony", Credit Union Times, 10/03/07.
• "Speculators Charged With Stalking CU Conversion Candidates", Credit Union Journal, 10/1/07.
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Resources

• Comprehensive report on conversion by UC Berkeley Professor: Credit Union Conversions to Banks: Facts, Incentives, Issues and Reforms, by James A. Wilcox, Filene Institute, 2006. (1 mb .pdf file)
• Hilarious website comparing credit unions to banks: www.bankerspank.com (Actually funny!)
• Recent study showing credit unions that have converted offer worse rates: "Credit Union to Mutual Conversion: Do Rates Diverge?", by Jeff Heinrich and Russ Kashian, University of Wisconsin Economics Department, 2006.
• Website and community blog of Lafayette Federal Credit Union member-owners, in opposition to the credit union's conversion proposal. In part due to this member opposition, the credit union withdrew the proposal in January 2007.
• DFCU Owners United, an organization of DFCU Federal Credit Union member-owners who successfully opposed their credit union's conversion proposal in 2005-6.
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