News

A program which hopes to allow consumers all over the country to donate a penny to the United Way every time they use their debit or credit card has gotten its start with a $27 million credit union headquartered in White Plains, N.Y.

Individuals with prior military service--a segment that more credit unions are reaching out to--tend to be self-employed, according to new research.

Sometimes timing is everything. For the $700 million Detroit Edison Credit Union, the unfortunate collapse earlier this year of the $250 million Huron River Area Credit Union in nearby Ann Arbor just happens to fit neatly into its strategic expansion for branches and new members.

Filene Research Institute has released a study, Cooperative Comebacks: Resilience in the Face of the Hurricane Katrina Catastrophe, which examines how credit unions fared in the wake of the disaster.

PSCU Financial Services is the lead partner for the 2008 Credit Union Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run.

WASHINGTON -- The hope that a White House and Treasury Department backed plan to defer escalating mortgage foreclosures by temporarily freezing teaser rates before they reset isn't perceived as workable or nearly sufficient by investors and mortgage analysts.