WASHINGTON - Identity theft complaints doubled in 2002 according to a just-released Federal Trade Commission study. FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection Chief Howard Beales reported that the increase in complaints comes with greater public awareness of the problem, which in part has been prompted by the agency's efforts and recent...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-NCUA issued Jefferson Community Development Federal Credit Union, a faith-based credit union located in Birmingham, Ala., a charter last month. Residents who live, work, worship or attend school in the northeast corner of Jefferson County will be eligible for membership. "NCUA's emphasis on the role faith-based institutions, such as...

TUKWILA, Wash. - By most economists' estimates, the refi boom of 2002 and the period of record-low mortgage rates are beginning to wind down, but not before Prime Alliance Solutions closed its second year in business with nearly four times the mortgage loan volume it did in its first year...

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. - An eight-month cooperative advertising campaign begun last year by northern Nevada credit unions and run on television and radio using the national credit union brand "public education" and "comfort zone" spots, successfully generated an increase in consumer understanding of credit unions, results of a public awareness...