* Assets: $72 million * Members: 14,500 * Employees: 31 full-time, two part-time * Established: Originally chartered as Port Authority of New York and New Jersey FCU. Changed name to XCEL FCU in 1993. * President/CEO: James Wisnieski: "One thing I've learned from all this is how resilient my staff...

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. - American Eagle FCU, the largest federal credit union in the state with $670 million in assets and more than 105,000 members, has merged with Kaman Employees FCU, $13 million in assets and 4,000 members. The combined credit union will be called American Eagle FCU. Bill Dokas,...

PLYMOUTH, Mich. - Credit unions in Michigan are responding to a request from state gubernatorial candidate David Bonior to find ways to expand credit union services into areas of the state deficient in financial services. Bonior, currently a congressman from suburban Detroit, announced in August that one of the foundations...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The NCUA Board determined during closed session by a vote of two to one, Board Member Wheat voting nay, that an accounting firm performing an audit for now liquidated UFCW District Local One Federal Credit Union could not receive payment in addition to what it already received from the...

aCORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Just a few weeks after it was approved to convert from a federal to a state charter, Corpus Christi CU has filed an application with the state Credit Union Division to expand its field-of-membership to include five counties with a total population of nearly 475,000. The...

BEAVERTON, Ore. - First Technology CU here recently hosted several Open Financial Solutions, Inc. credit union executives to view a live demo of the open financial exchange (OFX) functionality integrated with its middleware product, MemberBridge Server. MemberBridge Server is a translation gateway that allows rapid integration of IP-based connection channels....

HOUSTON, Texas - R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Credit unions still don't get as much of it as they deserve when it comes to mortgage lending. Whether they've been burned in the past when credit unions were less experienced in the mortgage lending arena or whether they're simply creatures of habit in referring business...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio CUs are putting together a member business services guide to assist CUs that want to expand their services to businesses. The Member Business Services Task Force of the OCUL Service Corp. was established earlier this year. "We're responding to credit unions feeling the need to get...