WASHINGTON - The Mortgage Bankers Association is citing a study of predatory lending law in New Jersey to buttress the MBA's call for a uniform national standard. The study, by University of Virginia Professor Richard F. DeMong, was sponsored by the National Home Equity Mortgage Association and the National Association...

PORTLAND, Ore. - Don't worry, Laila Ali. Amy Drew has no intention of becoming a professional female boxer. She's simply in the ring for the exercise. Drew, director of communications for the Credit Union Association of Oregon, has been heading to a neighborhood gym for almost eight years to warm...

NEW YORK - Older Americans enjoy a reputation as people who shy away from debt and avoid using credit cards. But a study released by Demos, a public policy group, shows the average self-reported credit card balance carried by those over age 65 rose 89% in the decade between 1992...

LOS ANGELES - Water and Power Community Credit Union will open, probably sometime in May, a mini-branch in the office of El Rescate, a service organization for Central American immigrants. The move is aimed at bringing more financial services to unbanked residents of the city's Pico-Union area, sometimes described as...

SUN CITY CENTER, Fla. - When asked about the Sun City Center Security Patrol, Credit Union Times correspondent Eileen Courter frequently quotes the line from the movie Forrest Gump. Duty on the patrol, she says, "is like a box of chocolates - you never know what you're going to get."...

PHILADELPHIA - The Compliance Doctor now makes house calls, and the first "patient" was Eagle One Federal Credit Union. It's a new service offered by the Pennsylvania Credit Union Association to bring regulatory compliance training directly to credit unions. Instead of a credit union sending several staffers out of the...

WYOMING, Minn. - Kelly Becker sees credit unions becoming increasingly willing to contact delinquent members quickly, instead of hesitating to act. That's good news as far as Becker is concerned. He's head of CU Recovery, a firm serving more than 1,400 credit unions in 22 states. Becker notes while delinquency...

BROCKTON, Mass. - HarborOne CU's James Blake knows all about making changes. After all, this veteran banker worked on the banking side for 20 years before he made the move 10 years ago over to the credit union side in what he describes as "the best career decision of my...