American Bankers Association: This trade association site provides membership information, publications, a small personal finance section, and a small consumer section. http://www.aba.com    

Bank Administration Institute: This site of a banking research institute provides selected articles from Banking Strategies magazine, research findings, and membership information. http://www.bai.org/    

Bond Market Association (BMA): The BMA represents securities firms and banks that underwrite, trade and sell debt securities including municipal bonds; U.S. Treasury securities; federal agency securities; mortgage and other asset-backed securities, corporate debt securities; money market instruments; and Repos. The site is a wealth of information including research papers, a valuable sent of links organized by type of bond, legislative information investor information, standard dealer agreements, and membership information. http://www.psa.com/    

Credit Union National Association: The site of this trade association provide consumer information about credit unions, articles for Credit Union Magazine News, and membership information. http://www.cuna.org/   

Mortgage Bankers Association of America: The site of this trade association provides news, membership information using a password, consumer information, MBA survey results, and product information. http://www.mbaa.org/    

National Association of Security Dealers (NASD): The site of this organization of security dealers with data, member lists and other useful security information. http://www.nasd.com   

NASDAQ: The National Association of Security Dealers Automated Quotation service site provides a host of resources including market information, company data, research, reference material, quotes, and individual investor information. http://www.nasdaq.com/welcome.htm