SAN DIMAS, Calif. - "There's a time for everybody, and my time is now," said WesCorp President/CEO Dick Johnson who announced that he will retire later this year in what is his 25th with the corporate. Johnson has been a fixture at WesCorp since 1976, after having served 30 years...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - It took six brainstorming meetings between representatives from three credit unions, the Missouri Credit Union System's attorney and the director of the state's Division of Credit Unions and a lot of compromising, but all the parties involved concur that the proposed amendment of the state's CUSO...

Jax Federal Credit Union, Jacksonville, Fla., has named James Mimbs, Jr. investment representative. Educational Community Credit Union, Jacksonville, Fla., has named Diane Coelho MEMBERS Financial Services representative. Central Florida Educators' Federal Credit Union, Orlando, has promoted the following employees: Terry Brinkman to branch operations director; George Gurchak to Weber St....

WASHINGTON - Housing and Urban Development Secretary Mel Martinez, the Bush administration's top housing official, has declared war on the confusing and sometimes abusive settlement processes faced by mortgage borrowers. Martinez called for a streamlining of the mortgage finance system by requiring "full disclosure of settlement costs, as early as...

ARLINGTON, Va. - Despite economic uncertainties and domestic and world events, an attractive interest rate environment is continuing to spur strong demand for credit union real estate loan products. Not only that, says NAFCU's October 2001 Flash Report, credit unions as a result of board limitations on real estate loan...

COVINA, Calif. -Who says credit card programs can't work? Through the "Cards that Give to Missions" credit card program Christian Community Credit Union has donated a record breaking $180,000 to American Baptist missions and ministries in 2001. The donation is based on the purchasing volume of members using their CCCU...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The $115 million Government Employees CU of Florida, applied with the Florida Division of Banking to expand its field-of-membership to include Hillsborough County. GECU's FOM already includes Duval, Leon and Orange Counties. The CU's main office is in Duval County. GECU also already has a branch in...

Service Centers Corporation, a shared branching network, Senior Vice President/Chief Network Officer Leigh Marciniak has been appointed to the STAR Operations/Technical Advisory Group and STAR Marketing Committee. CU Cooperative Branching, Inc., a shared service center provider, has named Courtney Lachney Mandeville Service Center manager and Eilda Doiron Baton Rouge Service...