NCUA official on H&FF Radio: 'Money is safe at CUs'

by Center for Personal Finance editors

WASHINGTON (8/15/08)--The message is clear and simple: Credit unions remain healthy, vibrant, and well-capitalized. And that means your credit union accounts are insured, safe and secure, according to National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Vice Chair Rodney Hood, speaking on Sunday's H&FF Radio show.

Home & Family Finance airs Sundays at 3 p.m. EDT on the Radio America Network. The one-hour program devoted to consumer finance issues is brought to you by America's credit unions and their 90 million members, and is presented by CO-OP Network.

The Credit Union National Association (CUNA) and Radio America are podcasting Home & Family Finance through iTunes, Podcast Alley, Odeo, and other popular podcast library sites, as well as on Radio America and CUNA's Web sites.

Sunday's show, which you also can hear later via the Internet, features Paul Berry, Washington, D.C., journalist and broadcaster, discussing these topics with special guests:

• "ATM Use by Older Children and Young Adults," with Kari Wilfong, chief financial officer and executive vice president, CO-OP Financial Services, Ontario, Calif.;

• "The Long Baby Boom: An Optimistic Vision for a Graying Generation," with Jeff Goldsmith, president, Health Futures Inc. and associate professor of public health sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.;

• "Divorce and Money," with Jason Alderman, director of issues management, Visa USA, San Francisco, Calif.; and

• "Is Your Money Safe at Your Credit Union?" with Hood, NCUA, Alexandria, Va.

Home & Family Finance is a resource center for personal finance information at CUNA. The radio show is sponsored by CO-OP Network, the national credit union ATM network; Cabot Creamery Cooperative, maker of award-winning cheddar; Visa; and Western Corporate FCU and its member credit unions.

For more information, read, "Credit Union ... Bank ... What's the Difference?" in Home & Family Resource Center.

Printed Friday, January 9, 2009

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