Northwest Federal Credit Union

Teen’s Ice Cream Business Gets a Starter Scoop from Northwest FCU

By Michelle A. Samaad | May 7, 2013

Grayson Albers is the youngest business owner ever to open a business account at Northwest Federal Credit Union in suburban Virginia.
Northwest FCU to Aid Furloughed Members with Zero Percent Loans

By Ann Keeton | February 27, 2013

Suburban D.C. credit union joins others offering help if sequester occurs.
Andrews Names EVP/CFO Jim Hayes its Interim CEO

By Heather Anderson | October 4, 2012

Hayes succeeds Chris McDonald, now at Northwest FCU, after arriving in 2010 from WesCorp.
Northwest FCU Names Chris McDonald CEO

September 2, 2012

Northwest Federal Credit Union announced the selection of Chris McDonald as the successor CEO to Gerrianne D. Burks, who will retire in mid January after a 41-year career at the Herdon, Va., credit union.
Chris McDonald Named Winky Burks Successor as Northwest FCU CEO

By Marc Rapport | August 22, 2012

McDonald has been president/CEO of the $897 million, 98,700-member Andrews FCU in Suitland, Md., for the past four years.
Money Laundering Comes to the Fore After HSBC

By Robert McGarvey | August 12, 2012

Money laundering and the steps financial institutions have to take to monitor it and prevent it are back in the news thanks to well-publicized missteps by banking giant HSBC.
Northwest FCU Members Go Virtual to Guard Private Documents

By Peter Strozniak | August 5, 2012

If anyone would know what makes digital documents secure on the Web, it would be agents of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Northwest FCU Converting to Symitar Episys Core

By Robert McGarvey | August 2, 2012

Virginia credit union opting for in-house solution, citing security concerns as CIA SEG.
Spare Change Adds Up for Northwest FCU Member

By Staff Writer | June 18, 2012

The coin counting machine at Northwest Federal Credit Union branch in Herndon, Va., got a workout last month. George Shoemaker, a member for nearly 20 years, took to heart Benjamin Franklin’s advice: A penny saved is a penny earned.
CEOs’ Corner: Growth as Means to Help Members

By Eileen Courter | June 11, 2012

Growth can mean gaining bragging rights as membership and assets expand. But some say growth has to be measured not just in terms of member headcount and asset size but in terms of what the increases actually bring to the membership.