WASHINGTON-In comments last week during a panel on mortgage financing, NCUA Chairman Dennis Dollar lauded credit unions' efforts to bring underserved consumers into the fold under the agency's Access Across America initiative. His remarks were part of the White House's conference "Blueprint for the American Dream." Dollar noted that credit...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Recently Arrowhead CU employees came home armed with tools to help balance their lives. This year's Personal Development Day held at the Riverside Convention Center focused on teaching staffers how to maintain a healthy work-life balance. Nearly 700 employees attended the daylong session, which featured keynote speaker...

Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union, St. Paul, Minn., has promoted Sarah Sackett to director of member relations. South Division Credit Union, Evergreen Park, Ill., has promoted John Denlinger to financial services supervisor. Purdue Employees Federal Credit Union, West Lafayette, Ind., has promoted Kristy Robb to marketing manager and Tracy Hudson...

WASHINGTON - Consider it the case of `what's been going down for awhile can't go down forever." With mortgage interest rates being at their lowest in 40 years - currently at 6.5% for 30-year fixed - CUNA Senior Vice President and Chief Economist Bill Hampel forecasts that, "From a credit...