League News Releases
- League Launches Cybersecurity-IT Forum
February 23, 2024Based on your feedback, your League has launched a community-driven Forum to facilitate discussion of cybersecurity and information technology issues.
- Report Your Financial Education Efforts
February 20, 2024Credit unions: Many of you are actively involved in conducting financial education presentations and we remind you to report your good work to the Credit Union Financial Education Network (CUFEN)! We use the reported data to highlight for policymakers credit unions’ commitment to financial education and financial well-being and to showcase the “Credit Union Difference.”
- League Engaged with Sens. Warner, Kaine Ahead of April 9 Hearing on Credit Card Competition Act
February 15, 2024Ahead of a planned April 9 hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) have added two new cosponsors to their bill that would overhaul the rules governing credit card interchange. Your League remains actively engaged with Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine on the issue. The measure remains our top legislative priority as we ready for the Governmental Affairs Conference and our “Hike the Hill” efforts next month in Washington.
- Registration Opens for 2024 Southeast Management School
February 14, 2024Registration for the 2024 session of the Southeast Management School is now open! The school, hosted by Southeastern Regional Credit Union School (SRCUS), meets Sunday, June 16, 2024 through Friday, June 21, 2024 at the UGA Center for Continuing Education & Hotel, 1197 South Lumpkin Street, Athens, GA.
- League Board Announces Karima Freeman Will Serve as Interim President/CEO Effective March 1
February 13, 2024The Virginia Credit Union League Board is pleased to announce that Karima Freeman, current Chief Operating Officer for the organization, will serve as Interim President/CEO following the departure of Carrie Hunt later this month.
- League Board Seeks Nominations for Kirsch, Farley Awards
February 13, 2024We are seeking your recommendations for prospective candidates for our annual awards. The Virginia Credit Union League Board will name the winners of this year’s James P. Kirsch Lifetime Achievement Award and Eugene H. Farley Jr. Award of Excellence at the League Annual Meeting in Washington D.C. on May 2, 2024. Nominations are due by March 20, 2024.
- League Joins Effort to Protect Fund Supporting Green Lending Initiatives
February 12, 2024The Virginia League has signed on with other system partners to a letter to federal lawmakers in support of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF). Your League and other partners believe that GGRF funds will be targeted by lawmakers in the coming weeks, with some legislators working to significantly reduce monies previously appropriated for the fund.
- League Plans March 4 Legislative Reception on Capitol Hill
February 9, 2024Your League will host a Legislative Reception on March 4 in Washington, D.C. We have invited Virginia’s entire Congressional delegation as part of our Governmental Affairs Conference Hike the Hill efforts.
- Governance Committee Seeks Candidates for 5 League Board Seats
February 2, 2024The Governance Committee of the Virginia Credit Union League seeks your recommendations for candidates to be nominated for election to the Board of Directors. In 2024, five board seats are open for election.
- Credit Unions' Public Deposit Bill Fails to Advance in House Committee; Measure Dead for This Session
February 1, 2024Credit unions’ public deposits bill – H.B. 1205 – failed to advance in the House Labor and Commerce Committee today on a 13-to-9 vote. The Committee vote kills our bill for this session of the General Assembly. “Although disappointed with today’s vote, we can take some comfort in knowing we did all we could this past year to ensure this long-sought and important legislation received a fair hearing in the General Assembly,” said League President/CEO Carrie Hunt. “Unprecedented turnover in the General Assembly presented us with an opportunity and we seized it. The fight for this legislation enabled us to strengthen relationships with veteran lawmakers and build relationships with newly elected legislators that will pay dividends in the years to come.”