Lending

Troy Martens, vice president of consumer and real estate lending at Truliant Federal Credit Union, jokes that five years ago, area Realtors knew Truliant more as a place to go for car loans than for mortgages.

Creditors' concerns with the SBA and getting more credit unions to participate in the agency's loan programs were among the topics at a recent roundtable.

Credit Union Student Choice has announced a new marketing partnership with Overture Technologies.

The campaign by Pennsylvania credit unions to provide loan relief to financially strapped state employees was ramped up last week as lawmakers and the state's governor, Edward Rendell, wrangled over solutions to a budget crisis producing payless Fridays.

The ugliest credit union Web site has been found. iDiz Inc. announced the winner of its free credit union Web site makeover contest, iHateMyUglySite.com.

As a possible bankruptcy filing looms for CIT Group Inc., one of the nation's largest small business lenders, credit unions may not have a choice in bracing for a wave of firms looking to revive their collapsed financing agreements.