BALTIMORE - Someone should probably tell Rod Staatz that the saying `the shortest distance between two points is a straight line' often holds true with career paths. Staatz's road to working with credit unions, specifically as president/CEO of State Employees CU of Maryland, has been anything but straight. In fact,...

PHILADELPHIA - A soaring number of mortgage defaults here has prompted the City Council, the sheriff and the Philadelphia Unemployment Project to call for a halt in foreclosure auctions. However, it appears the storm is leaving credit unions unruffled. In fact, the collections department at Philadelphia Federal Credit Union reports...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - With the growth of community charters, is there still room for SEGs in credit union expansion plans? The answer is definitely yes, at least as far as USA Federal Credit Union in San Diego and State Employees Credit Union, Lansing, Mich., are concerned. However, both...

TAYLOR, Mich. - Even though Exchange City Credit Union opened January 6, you still won't find it in the most comprehensive directory. That's because ECCU serves a very exclusive membership, the businesses, government agencies and others at Exchange City outside Detroit. Again, don't bother looking for Exchange City in a...

PHOENIX, Ariz. - If you're trying to find Susan Frank, probably the first place to look is her office at Desert Schools Credit Union, where she's CEO. But if it's a weekend, a holiday or she's on vacation, you might have to travel. Perhaps the trip will only involve a...

WASHINGTON - The Mortgage Bankers Association has joined a growing chorus of observers who expect the housing market, coming off the best year in two and a half decades, to remain robust in 2004. Earlier this year the U.S. Department of Commerce and the National Association of Home Builders, who...

LOS ANGELES - Your home has just been severely damaged in a hurricane, flood or tornado. Your workplace - and with it your job - are also gone. What should you do about your mortgage? How are you going to obtain copies of all your missing financial documents? HOPE Coalition...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Banks and credit unions here have found a common cause - a battle against a proposed state tax on services, including a wide range of banking activities. If passed, HB 1029 and HB 1030 would tax fees for transferring funds from one account to another, stop...