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NORCROSS, Ga. - Twenty-two years ago, Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church was the place of worship for 200 members. Today, the church boasts more than 17,000 members, has reinvested in the community through start-up businesses, including bolstering savings here through its newly-opened credit union. The City of Hope Credit Union officially...

NORTHVILLE TOWNSHIP, Mi - Representatives from the Michigan Credit Union League, NCUA, the National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions (NFCDCU) and Michigan's state government were on hand recently to see the Michigan League recognize eight credit unions for their work with Individual Development Accounts (IDAs). IDA account holders deposit...

BASKING RIDGE N.J. -Credit Union Mortgage Alliance Network (CUMAnet) and leading Internet mortgage technology provider Mortgagebot have reached an agreement to offer Internet-based mortgage solutions to CUMAnet's clients. Mortgagebot's online application can be customized to mirror each credit union's brand, pricing and product mix. The technology, said CUMAnet means credit...

DALLAS -As one of the nation's leading check processors, Southwest Corporate Federal Credit Union had a lot to worry about after the events of 9/11. When air transportation was shut down, millions of checks could not be processed through normal channels. Southwest Corporate enacted contingency plans to keep the process...

ARLINGTON, Va. - One NAFCU employee can't hide her pride for her boyfriend's actions on 9/11. "It was like everyone says: a normal morning," Alicia Hosmer, graphic artist/copywriter for NAFCU, remembered of September 11, 2001. When the first plane hit the World Trade Center, she thought of calling her boyfriend,...

WASHINGTON- As much as they did for anyone, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks prompted Pentagon Federal Credit Union to re-think its crucial data backup operations. So, it turned half a continent away, to Omaha, Neb., where a new dedicated hot site has been added to the big CU's existing call...

WASHINGTON- While the delay in the passage of a bankruptcy reform bill (H.R. 333) is not welcomed by credit unions, CUNA still has full confidence that lawmakers will be able to work out their differences and pass a bill this congressional session "because the issues involved are too compelling not...

MORRILL, Neb. -Small-town Nebraskans are looking for credit unions to replace vanishing banks. One new credit union is open, another is climbing the regulatory mountain and a third is in the offing - all in communities with no more than a few thousand people and with no banks. "In a...