In November 2003, two credit unions - Security Service FCU, San Antonio, Texas, and Navy FCU, Vienna, Va. - ranked among the top 30 auto lenders in the U.S. In addition, Citizens Equity First CU was in first place in Peoria County, Ill, with a 24% share of all autos...

ALBANY, N.Y. - Empire Corporate FCU is set to open a new image-enabled item processing facility in Linthicum, Maryland. The corporate is planning on hosting a number of informational meetings with CUs in the region. "With the scheduled closing of the Richmond (VA) Federal Reserve facility in few months, our...

ARLINGTON, Va. - Roughly 80 credit unions decided in 2003 to get out of the business of issuing credit cards directly, according to Kessler Financial Services, the affinity marketing arm of MBNA, a leading card issuing bank. But even as those institutions were choosing to end their direct credit card...

KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghanistan will be the site for an 18-month project to develop credit unions if the World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) is awarded a grant from the World Bank. If approved, the project would also seek additional funds from other international development agencies. U.S. credit unions' help...