The acquisition of the CUMIS Group Limited, once majority-owned by CUNA Mutual Group, was completed on Dec. 31, the company's buyers Canada-based Central 1 Credit Union and Co-Operators Life Insurance Co. said.

Members Cooperative Credit Union is now offering Federal Housing Administration and Veterans Administration loans to its members.

At the end of February, all paper checks will be processed by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and there will be no such thing as a non-local check, as a result of rules changes approved last week by the Fed's Board of Governors.