ARLINGTON, Va.-According to the most recent NAFCU Flash Report, about 76% of credit unions operate a call center. Of those, 90% said they only maintain one, while 9% have two and just 1% have three or more call centers. Even though credit unions are spread throughout the country and around...
WASHINGTON-You have never seen a credit union like this before! A Web site, fraudulently posing as a credit union site, is providing consumers with more information than they want to see. The site appears to be a legitimate credit union site but when you visit it, it displays pornographic images,...
TUKWILA, Wash. - 2004 is only one month old, and already Prime Alliance Solutions has three new relationships with credit union mortgage providers. The new partners brings the number of Prime Alliance customers to 70, including credit unions, CUSOs and mortgage companies that serve more than 250 credit unions. Prime...
MADISON, Wis. - The National Credit Union Foundation and the World Council of Credit Unions signed an agreement to establish the International Development Fund (IDF), a donor-designated fund through the Community Investment Fund, which will directly support international credit union development through WOCCU. The agreement was signed by representatives of...
WASHINGTON-Two key Democrats are calling for a hearing on the interagency amendments to the Community Reinvestment Act regulations. The proposal would raise the maximum size bank eligible for streamlined CRA examination from $250 million to $500 million and eliminate the threshold for an affiliate of a holding company. According to...
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...
DALLAS - Consumers nationwide lose billions of dollars annually as a result of predatory lending practices by check cashers, finance companies, pawn shops, and rent-to-own companies, to name a few. Credit unions hoping to help curb these losses, and redirect money back into their communities, attended a free day-long "Alternatives...
DEL MAR, Calif. - The Information Technologies Credit Union Association is marking its 45th year with a new chairman, a veteran executive director and a new direction. The trade group's mission is to provide technology information, education, networking, products and services to its 132 members in the United States, Canada...
FAA First Federal Credit Union, Hawthorne, Calif., has named Fidel Gonzalez vice president of financial services. Riverside County's Credit Union, Calif., has named Estella Cline Cordova branch manager. Northwest Community Credit Union, Springfield, Ore., has named Brent Gifford vice president of information services. Bellco Credit Union, Denver, has named LeeAnn...