Credit Union History

Guest Post from Paul Thompson Credit unions were one of a number of American institutions that tackled the credit problems of the urban wor...

When I first got into credit union history, one of the few resources I could easily locate was America's Credit Union Museum in Manchest...

I'm pleased to report that I had an article published on the coming to America of credit unions in the Spring, 2014 issue of Financial H...

Did you ever hear the one about the ex-banker who opened up a gas station after his bank failed? Every time a fellow drove in and asked for...

Photo from the cover page of Soul Written in 1938 very much in response to the death of his confidant and early financial supporter Edwa...

Excerpted from Roy F. Bergengren's 1938  Soul: A Fourth Credit Union Book  (pg. 65-66). Original emphasis in italics , my emphasis in bo...

While doing some research on the roots of  the contemporary banker campaign against the credit union tax exemption , I stumbled upon referen...