Galveston County Federal Credit Union, Texas City, has awarded four $1,000 scholarships to local high school students. Scholarships for academic excellence were awarded to Shilpa Patel and Jonathon Stelter. In addition, Crystal Cole was awarded the Leadership scholarship and Samantha Gonzales the Arts scholarship. This is the first group of...

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - Credit unions in Canada don't face the same small business lending restrictions as U.S. CUs, and have been at it longer than CUs here. Their business lending strategies and concerns though, are very similar to those of U.S. credit unions. Westminster Savings Credit Union has been...

Credit unions involved with member business lending agree it requires a full-time commitment and staff with business lending expertise. Read about the advice some of them offer and other MBL news on pages 16-18.

Community Credit Union, Plano, Texas, has promoted Donna Neal to chief lending officer. Alamo Chapter of Credit Unions, San Antonio, Texas, has elected the following officers to its board: J.T. Cody, president; Don Ford, vice president; Alfred Carreon, secretary; Mary O'Rourke, treasurer; Ed Speed, membership director; Jim Minge, programs director;...