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MASSENA, N.Y. - SeaComm Federal Credit Union was a big part of a recent radio telethon to raise money for Massena Memorial Hospital in upstate New York. While credit union staffers were busy answering the phones taking pledges and bids on auction items SeaComm FCU CEO Forrest Kimball and Marketing...

RICHMOND, Va. - The Virginia State Corporation Commission's Bureau of Financial Institutions has strongly advised consumers to "closely scrutinize" any lock-in agreements when they take out a mortgage to purchase a home or to refinance an existing mortgage to lower their monthly payments. This after the state regulator received numerous...

WASHINGTON - Look out, the Association of Corporate Credit Unions wants to up its political profile and its corporate credit union members say go for it. It would be harsh to say corporates are overlooked in the political environment, but still even corporate leaders themselves say there is confusion among...

MADISON, Wis. - CUNA Mutual staff plans to meet with the staff of credit unions which had card accounts compromised when a so-called big-box retailer, BJ's Wholesale Club, had a card security breach that resulted in a number of credit unions having to close possibly compromised accounts and reissue cards....

ATLANTA - Georgia Federal Credit Union is ensuring that local high school seniors here graduate with honors in financial literacy. GFCU has recently presented "The Wise Use of Credit" to over 300 senior students at Lakeside High School. Using materials from the National Endowment for Financial Education High School Financial...

HONOLULU - The imposter "Heartland Credit Union" wave has crashed in the Big Island of Hawaii. The Better Business Bureau of Hawaii and the Hawaii Credit Union League have issued warnings of the newspaper advertisements promoting loans for the fake credit union. According to state credit union leagues, the best...

DENVER - Aimbridge Home Loans, one of five divisions of the Aimbridge Group and a full-service mortgage provider for credit unions and their members, launched an incentive program - the Aimbridge Employee Recognition Opportunity (AERO) - that awards credit union employees for referring members to Aimbridge Home Loans. When a...

WASHINGTON - The Mortgage Bankers Association on May 19 released its monthly update of its Mortgage Finance Forecast for May and is projecting $2.4 trillion in mortgage originations in 2004, down from last month's estimate of $2.6 trillion. The MBA also said rising interest rates will cut into refinancings this...