WASHINGTON-CUNA wrote a letter to Federal Reserve Consumer and Community Affairs Director Sandra F. Braunstein recommending six credit union representatives to the Fed's Consumer Advisory Council. The council consists of credit union, bank, and thrift representatives from each of the 12 regions of the Federal Reserve System. "All of these...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - "Corporate America CU." No, that's not the new name for U.S. Central or for one of the larger corporates with a national presence - it's the new name for Alabama Corporate CU. So just why has this corporate, which for most of its existence has only served...

JAMESBURG, N.J. - The $3.9 billion Empire Corporate FCU's New Jersey item processing site was recently moved from Hightstown to Jamesburg. The new operations site has 9,500 square-feet of space, a training room for member use, and state-of-the-art computer and check processing rooms. The site's floor plan was designed with...

WASHINGTON - Hispanic home shoppers have another resource for timely information on qualifying for a mortgage, interest rates and refinancing, thanks to the Interagency Task Force of Fair Lending. The federal agency which is comprised of NCUA and other members, has published a Spanish-language version of its popular brochure for...

BEDFORD, Mass. - The Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Financial Management has named Hanscom Federal Credit Union (HFCU) "Best Air Force Credit Union for 2001." This award is given annually to the Air Force credit union that has shown most superior service to the men and women of the...

WASHINGTON - At some point the bottom of the Federal Reserve's rate-cut barrel is going to come along, but it wasn't this month. The Fed cut the fed funds rate by a quarter point, bringing it to 3.5%, the lowest rate for the fed funds in seven years. The cut...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.- In a special ceremony for the most recent faith-based credit union in America to take advantage of NCUA's streamlined process to adopt low-income, underserved communities, Acting NCUA Chairman Dennis Dollar will present a federal certificate to Shiloh of Alexandria Federal Credit Union August 31. Shiloh Baptist Church sponsors...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The $1.3 billion Ent Federal Credit Union has rolled out ePSCU's bill pay service, EasyToCUPayLink. ePSCU is the Internet division of Payment Systems for Credit Unions, Inc., St. Petersburg, Fla. What's interesting about Ent's move to EasyToCUPayLink, is it is the first credit union to support...