With proposed new member business lending rules out for comment, credit unions are gearing up to start offering the product to members. See pages 18-20 and find out what some of those who've already taken the initiative have learned.

Maybe I am missing something but the Five-Year Financials of ASI published in your March 26th issue do not give me greater confidence that a private insurer should be insuring credit unions. If I am reading the reports correctly the Reserve for guaranty losses (in 2002) dropped $2.3 million which...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The NCUA Board announced last week that Deputy Executive Director Mark Treichel has been selected to replace Region I Director Layne Bumgardner who retired April 3. As Region I Director, based in Albany, N.Y., Treichel will be responsible for managing the agency's supervision and examination program for the states...

Homesteaders Federal Credit Union, Manhattan, has celebrated the grand opening of its new Central Harlem branch. Prior to moving to the branch in Harlem, HFCU operated out of an office in Lower Manhattan and served 1,700 members living in 200 co-op buildings in the surrounding area. Marion & Polk Schools...