Navy Federal Credit Union and Freddie Mac have joined forces to announce an initiative to expand homeownership opportunities for military families, that includes affordable mortgage products and financial education workshops in the Tidewater/Hampton Roads area to help active duty military families plan for homeownership.
Following in the footsteps of her predecessor, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, State Treasurer Robin L. Wiessmann is now a vocal advocate for credit union payday products.
A program designed to help mainstream credit unions and community development credit unions learn from another is poised to get off the ground in early 2008.
A newly-released study by the Filene Research Institute concludes that most financial services firms do no more than a marginal job of meeting the needs of Latinos.