Talk about faith in numbers and the local community, Bruce Foulke, president/CEO of American Heritage Federal Credit Union, is a true believer.

Web-based mortgage services are getting a boost thanks to a partnership between CU*Answers and Prime Alliance.

Many in the financial services industry have kept a close eye on the federal preemption case Watters v. Wachovia brought before the U.S. Supreme Court in November 2006. It was the first banking preemption case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court in 10 years.

The administration of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has chosen a former officer and executive with the National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions to run the city's new anti-poverty office, the Office of Financial Empowerment.