HEATH, Ohio and INDIANAPOLIS - Hopewell FCU has joined the list of nearly 15 CUs in five states that have partnerships with Irwin Mortgage Corp. for the company to process, close and service first mortgages for the CU's members. Irwin Mortgage has relationships with CUs in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana...

PHILLIPSBURG, N.J. - Lower mortgage rates might be good news for consumers, but small credit unions that don't offer first mortgages are meeting the news with grimaces. It wasn't the loss of first mortgage business that had Susan Rodriguez, CEO of $23 million Baker FCU worried, it was the first...

"He is the statesman of the corporate credit union network. He's contributed a great deal over the years. He's a true believer in credit unions. His leadership and commitment has been uplifting." - Gigi Hyland, executive director of the Association of Corporate CUs on WesCorp President/CEO Dick Johnson's retirement announcement....

WASHINGTON-Consumer Federation of America (CFA) Executive Director Stephen Brobeck cheered CUNA's work in the Renaissance Commission in a recent letter to the credit union trade association. He wrote that CFA was "particularly pleased" with the specific statement of credit unions' cooperative, non-profit nature and their dedication to serving those of...

STAMFORD, Conn. - Stamford Credit Union, formerly known as Stamford Municipal Employees FCU, received its state charter certificate from State Banking Commissioner October 23. This makes the second time the $36 million credit union has had a state charter. It was originally chartered as a SCCU in 1953 and converted...

JERSEY CITY HEIGHTS, N.J. - From New York to New Jersey ....and back again? As the board of XCEL FCU convenes for its monthly board meeting on Oct. 30, the issue of where to build new facilities will be front and center. One pressing question will be whether they should...

WASHINGTON - The National Cooperative Business Association and CUNA will jointly market the .coop Internet domain name to U.S. CUs. Only cooperatives can reserve the .coop domain, which is one of seven new domain names approved by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. "It's really important for credit...

TAMPA, Florida - Don West, Vice President of Client Services for State National Companies and immediate past president of the Insurance Accounting and Systems Association (IASA), gave the keynote address at the Technology Decisions (TechDEC) Exposition and Conference held earlier this month in Tampa. West presented a checklist for making...