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SEATTLE–Nineteen percent of people who have purchased a home over the past year placed a bid before ever seeing the property in person.

AYLMER, Ontario–Credit unions in this province participated in the first ever “Co-opalooza” here, a combination picnic and celebration featuring cooperatives of all kinds.

SAN FRANCISCO–The Wells Fargo executive who oversaw the unit that led to $185 million in fines could personally see a payout of more than $125 million herself.

WASHINGTON – NAFCU has named David Casey as the winner its 2016 Paul Revere Award for credit union grassroots activism.

MADISON, Wis.– The Filene Research Institute has named Andrew Downin as its managing director of research.

TACOMA, Wash.–Mike Beall, the former president of the DC/Maryland and Missouri CU leagues, has been named chief strategic and advocacy officer by CU Strategic Planning. Beall had been working with the company as a contract consultant, but is now joining full time to help manage what the firm described as its “significant growth beyond CDFI grant writing.”

WASHINGTON–CUNA’s Credit Union Legislative Action Committee (CULAC) is making a $250,000 independent expenditure on advertising to help Rep. Brad Ashford (D-NE) in his re-election effort. Ashford, who is a first-term member of Congress, is in a tight race with Republican Don Bacon for the seat, for which Libertarian Steven Baird is also vying. Bacon is a retired brigadier general who has not previously held office.

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Donations from NCUA staff to the annual Feds Feed Families food drive will provide 57,308 meals in the coming year, the agency stated.

WASHINGTON—The Senate Banking Committee intends to question Wells Fargo Chairman and CEO John Stumpf during a Sept. 20 hearing about CFPB charges that thousands of the bank's employees secretly opened accounts and enrolled customers in services without their consent.

WASHINGTON–CUNA has officially announced the dates of the largest credit union event of the year, its 2017 CUNA Governmental Affairs Conference. The event will be held Feb. 26 to March 2 in Washington, with CUNA saying 5,000 people are expected.