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In 2006, a credit union crashed the party for the New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority Top 10 lenders. St. Mary's Bank credit union rated sixth among 49 individual lenders that provide individual housing loans through the authority.

For nearly 13 years, Key Federal Credit Union has brought an alternative to payday lending to its members and is pleased with the results.

Crimeware applications soared in December as fraudsters continued seeking new ways to steal online passwords, according to the latest report from the Anti-Phishing Working Group (www.apwg.org.) There were 340 variants recorded in December, the most ever, the anti-fraud coalition says. Meanwhile, the number of phishing spoof sites dropped considerably in...

Helping out sick kids at the Victory Junction Gang Camp in Randleman for more than four years has been a heartfelt project of North and South Carolina credit unions, but in late 2005, it was decided to also spotlight other worthy ventures like community grants for small-town projects.

Chip Hutchison from Family Trust Federal Credit Union has been named one of the top investment advisors in the country for 2006 by INVEST Financial Corp.

The credit union industry topped out 2006 with a 2.3% increase in membership growth, but the depth of those relationships will continue to be key going forward.