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Evergreen Postal Employees Credit Union, Seattle, has expanded its field of membership and changed its name to Community 1st Credit Union. Texaco Community Federal Credit Union, Port Arthur, Texas, has changed its name to FivePoint Credit Union. Hoyt Lakes Community Credit Union, Minn., has a new name-NorthRidge Community Credit Union....

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Nearly a year in the making, Meriwest Credit Union will soon carve out its niche in the business lending and services marketplace using a "personal touch" campaign to stand out among its bank competitors. The $904 million credit union is poised to launch its business services...

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. - As more credit unions get involved in loan participations to manage the 12.25% member business lending cap, NCUA is quite aware of one possible loophole. A credit union can not exceed its aggregate loan cap for loans made to its members but if its aggregate loan...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Credit unions that want to increase their numbers of online bankers, and retain the "fence sitters" who do give it a try, would do well to concentrate on some basics: usability, support and security. That's the take from Forrester Research analyst Catherine Graeber in a new report...

CHATSWORTH, Calif. - No one could have predicted how much of a need existed for business services at credit unions nearly a decade ago, but one member business lending CUSO has more than proved that there was a void. On Sept. 30, Business Partners, LLC surpassed the $1 billion mark...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo- Credit unions shouldn't be too sure that teens are more concerned with iPods or cell phones than financial literacy. According to a 2004 Junior Achievement Interprise Poll on Personal Finance sponsored by The Allstate Foundation, teens are not only aware of economic realities but they understand the...

WASHINGTON - A recent SEC civil fraud charge against a former broker with Raymond James Financial Services Inc. will not have an immediate impact on credit unions. The SEC has brought civil fraud charges against Raymond James, a registered broker-dealer and investment adviser based on the conduct of one of...

KENSINGTON, Md. - Walk softly but carry a big firewall, and back up what's behind it. That's the word from Tim Kersnick, a self-employed IT security consultant who has spent the past several months working at Lafayette FCU in suburban Washington, D.C., but has a career in financial services IT...