HELENA, Mont. - Myrt White had no idea a part-time job would blossom into a 30-plus year credit union industry career. Treasure State Corporate is losing a true treasure in White who announced recently that she would be retiring in January of 2003. While the announcement may seem a little...
Today, consumers are looking for more efficient and cost-effective ways to manage their time, finances and related bill-payment activities. Increasingly, they are finding what they want at credit unions. More and more, consumers are turning to credit unions for a variety of electronic commerce products and online financial services. That's...
Ron Ogata has retired as president/CEO of the $471 million HAwaiiUSA FCU. Find out how this former banker approached the job... See story page 22.
Economists are predicting an upswing in mortgage rates later this year, and CU experts are advising credit unions to revisit their ALM policies. Read about this and more in a special report on pages 16, 17 and 20.
1998 1999 2000 Loans Closed Loans Closed Loans Closed # $ # $ # $ Jan. 859 104,878 1,919 237,693 467 61,624 June (cume) 9,900 1.2 11,032 1.4 3,941 527,321 Dec. (cume) 20,813 2.6 15,958 2.1 8,790 1.2 Source: Navy FCU
By ELAINE KINGOFF-BARR CU Times Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON - Low mortgage rates last year were good news for credit unions' loan portfolios, especially when loan growth in other areas was soft. Coupled with a strong growth in savings, credit unions tended to hold onto fixed rate mortgages to build up their...
SCU FCU Total # of CUs 970 852 1,822 Real estate loans-to-total loans 44.61% 42.65% 43.60% 1st Mortgage loans-to-real estate loans 70.22% 66.20% 68.20% Fixed rate real estate-to-real estate loans 60.39% 66.80% 63.62% # of real estate loans granted to total 7.29% 6.91% 7.11% $ real estate granted to total...
By ELAINE KINGOFF-BARR CU Times Editor-in-Chief TUKWILA, Wash. - Joe Brancucci, vice president of lending and chief lending officer for Boeing Employees' Credit Union, and president/CEO of Prime Alliance Solutions had a good reason to celebrate the new year. Not only did the one-year old CUSO formed in partnership between...
By ELAINE KINGOFF-BARR CU Times Editor-in-Chief VIENNA, Va. - Navy FCU has just raised the bar for itself in mortgage lending. The world's largest credit union, with more than $15 billion in assets and 2.1 million members worldwide, broke a 1998 record in mortgage loans and set a new record...
Find out how SAFE CU was able to get popular game show host Ben Stein to market the credit union. See story on page 16.
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