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What's on the horizon for credit unions' mortgage portfolios and member business lending? See pages 16-18 for some insights.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The Credit Union Commission has scheduled November 28 for the briefing of the Missouri Bankers Association's appeal of the director of credit unions' field of membership expansion approval for Educational Employees Credit Union in Bridgeton. Director John Smith approval of EECU's application to expand its FOM...

aCORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Just a few weeks after it was approved to convert from a federal to a state charter, Corpus Christi CU has filed an application with the state Credit Union Division to expand its field-of-membership to include five counties with a total population of nearly 475,000. The...

HOUSTON, Texas - R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Credit unions still don't get as much of it as they deserve when it comes to mortgage lending. Whether they've been burned in the past when credit unions were less experienced in the mortgage lending arena or whether they're simply creatures of habit in referring business...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio CUs are putting together a member business services guide to assist CUs that want to expand their services to businesses. The Member Business Services Task Force of the OCUL Service Corp. was established earlier this year. "We're responding to credit unions feeling the need to get...

HEATH, Ohio and INDIANAPOLIS - Hopewell FCU has joined the list of nearly 15 CUs in five states that have partnerships with Irwin Mortgage Corp. for the company to process, close and service first mortgages for the CU's members. Irwin Mortgage has relationships with CUs in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana...