CO-OP Announces $26.1 Million Patronage

CO-OP Financial Services is doling out a $26.1 million patronage for fiscal year 2016, bringing the Rancho Cucamonga, California-based CUSO’s lifetime payouts to $393.7 million since becoming a cooperative in 1996.  “This latest year’s healthy...

Major Shift Possible in Financial Rule-Making

Major rules proposed by financial regulators, such as the NCUA, would have to be approved by Congress before they could take effect, according to a draft of the Financial Services Chairman’s Financial CHOICE Act released Wednesday. The draft, totaling almost 600...

The Fear of Lending

Deregulation is now a word my teenage sons understand. They’ve heard it enough from the news and my mouth. What they don’t understand is how a washing machine works. But that’s another issue for another time. There’s an excitement around the...

Leominster CU to Help Low-Income Homebuyers

Leominster Credit Union will distribute a $110,000 grant to low-income homebuyers in Massachusetts who are buying a home for the first time or are a displaced homemaker. Eligible homebuyers can receive up to $11,000 in down payment and closing cost assistance. The...

Credit Union Sued for Discriminatory Lending Practices

A fair housing organization is claiming the $3.7 billion Bellco Credit Union discriminated against women by denying them mortgages because they were on maternity leave, according to a federal lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Denver last month. In a statement...