Lending

BALTIMORE -- Thanks to a new public and private partnership involving Municipal Employees Credit Union of Baltimore, Inc., area youth will have the opportunity to learn to play golf as well as learn life skills.

WASHINGTON -- The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency announced recently that it is requiring large national banks that service mortgages to provide comprehensive mortgage data on a monthly basis.

ORLANDO, Fla.--Speaking here before attendees of the Independent Community Bankers of America yesterday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke urged lenders to offer more relief to troubled homeowners.

Credit unions are getting good publicity for what they didn't do--that is make predatory mortgage loans and contribute to the subprime debacle--and for what they ought to be doing to help Americans through what seems to be a growing economic crisis.

WASHINGTON --Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson today announced the expansion of the White House mortgage rescue plan which effectively freezes payments for borrowers who are 90 days behind to allow more time for work-outs with lenders.

WASHINGTON --Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson today announced the expansion of the White House mortgage rescue plan which effectively freezes payments for borrowers who are 90 days behind to allow more time for work-outs with lenders.