elections

Need a Lyft to the polls? Michigan Legacy has it covered.

10/20/20

The Detroit-area credit union is offering consumers within five zip codes free trips to voting sites on Election Day.

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Credit unions that serve as polling sites are sitting out this election

10/20/20

Only a few credit unions were open to the public as polling sites in the 2016 election and those numbers are set to be reduced even further this year.

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Credit unions' political donations lean left in advance of election 2020

10/19/20

The industry supports candidates on both sides of the aisle but has tilted towards Democrats during this cycle. Experts say that's partly a reflection of the current makeup of Congress.

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Election 2020 a balancing act for credit unions

10/09/20

The industry has mounted a massive get-out-the-vote effort, but institutions also want to keep politics out of the office.

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Banking panel's No. 2 Republican will not seek reelection: Report

10/05/20

Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., a potential chair of the Senate Banking Committee in the next Congress, is expected to announce that he is not running in 2022.

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Bankers give Election 2020 edge to Trump

09/28/20

New research reveals the financial services industry both prefers and predicts an incumbent win in November.

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Absentee-voting service at Okla. banks, credit unions extended

09/18/20

A collaboration between the two industries to help voters cast absentee ballots has been approved to continue through the general election.

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Securityplus closing on Election Day to give workers time to vote

09/17/20

The Baltimore institution said it would close on Nov. 3 with the intention that employees use the paid time off to participate in the democratic process.

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Six more credit union-backed candidates progress to general election

09/03/20

Victories in Massachusetts earlier this week bring the Credit Union Legislative Action Council to a 96% success rate backing races in this election cycle.

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Purge of moderate Dems will haunt financial industry

11/07/18

The Senate is losing several key backers of last spring’s regulatory relief bill in the wake of the midterm elections.

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