HOUSTON - Southwest Corporate is one of the more diverse corporates around in terms of product offerings, but one product is really thriving of late -item processing. Although the number of checks being written is going down, Southwest Corporate said its item processing business grew by 14% last year, prompting...

WASHINGTON - A coalition of 15 state and national consumer protection groups, led by the Consumer Federation of America, has written the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to decry the insurer's regulations that, they said, allow state-chartered banks to get into the payday loan business through third-party vendors. "The plain truth...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A few years ago during a board of directors elections, officials at State Department Federal Credit Union wondered out loud how convenient it would be if members could vote by telephone or through the Internet. An NCUA statute didn't allow for such alternative voting until 1999. After...

SECURITY Federal Credit Union, Flint, Mich., has elected the following officers to its board: Kennith Scott, president; John Truchan, vice president; Richard Hazel, secretary; and Ben Cortez treasurer. In addition, SFCU has elected Joe Niedzwiecki and Chuck Whitten board directors and Jerry DeMaria, Al Fritzler and Earl Oram credit committee...