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WASHINGTON - Real estate lending continues to proliferate as some credit unions explore options on how to apply the brakes to the demand, according to Callahan & Associates, Inc. The firm held its latest Trend Watch conference call on June 25 with more than 25 credit union executives and vendors...

MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. - It's not changing its name to evolve into something different, it's changing its name to reflect what the credit union has become. That's the message Hughes Aircraft Employees FCU wants its members to get loud and clear. After 61 years with the Hughes name, the credit...

PHILADELPHIA - After unanimously passing a bill in April that placed tough restrictions on subprime loans, the Pennsylvania state legislature did an about-face and passed a bill overturning Philadelphia's anti-predatory lending regulation. Specifically, the new law-H.B. 1703-pertains to loans with rates 4.5 percentage points above Treasury securities of comparable maturity....

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Once again, members of the California state legislature killed a bill that would have imposed stricter privacy protection requirements on financial institutions than the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. The bill would have prohibited financials from sharing consumers' information with affiliates or third parties unless the consumer "opted in" by...

WASHINGTON - The National Association of Realtors and its members are still pushing for additional congressional hearings to be held on a controversial rule proposed by the Federal Reserve and U.S. Treasury that would allow banks to offer real estate brokerage services. NAR and individual realtors began lobbying Congress in...

FARMERS BRANCH, Texas - First it was called the Texas Credit Union League, then it wasn't, then it was again. What the Texas Credit Union League will be called after its next name change is approved is anyone's guess. The league, at the directive of the board of directors, is...

ALBANY, N.Y. - Empire Corporate FCU has reached a couple of major milestones. It hit the $4 billion mark on May 31, 2001, and it also eclipsed the one million mark for processing individual member share drafts. Empire serves approximately 1,000 credit unions primarily in the Northeast.

WASHINGTON-In a letters to three separate lawmakers last week, NAFCU extolled the virtues of H.R. 1590, the Flexible Savings Accounts (FSA) Rollover bill. NAFCU points out that the bill not only helps consumers but also employers and financial institutions. Many employees set money aside in FSAs for medical emergencies, but,...