Article: DCR Raises CMG Mortgage Insurance Company's Claims Paying Ability Rating to 'AA'.

Article: IT was inevitable that credit unions would come under financial strain given that the membership is in the main drawn from the less well-off sections of the community.
Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland);  March 3, 2009 ;     355 words ...Future of the credit unions remains in safe hands IT was inevitable that credit unions would come under financial strain given that...surprise when it emerged last week that some credit unions have been forced to curtail their lending...

Article: Banks, credit unions often competing for same customers
The Mississippi Business Journal;  June 7, 2004 ;     700+ words ......say are unfair business advantages credit unions have over banks. The debate brewing over whether credit unions should be taxed like banks has moved...estimate showed that by failing to tax credit unions in the same manner as other financial...

Article: Saga of banks, credit unions isn't over
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  July 11, 2004 ;     700+ words ......rivalries invoke passion, especially credit unions vs. banks -- the true two-party system...complaining of "unfair advantages" enjoyed by credit unions. The seven-year fight has been bitter...legislators enacted restrictions on credit unions for commercial lending, branching and...

Article: CUs Gird for Battle over CRA Rules: Should credit unions and other nonbank lenders have community-reinvestment requirements as banks do? Rep. Barney Frank believes so. And so the firestorm begins.
Banking Wire;  November 15, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Rep Barney Frank about whether credit unions and other nonbank lending firms...National Association of Federal Credit Unions, Rep. Frank said he would like to see CRA extended to credit unions and other nonbanks that take part...

Article: Credit unions make friends-but not with bankers
Regional Economist;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......operations of the vast majority of credit unions, these institutions have long been...breaks and sponsor subsidies enjoyed by credit unions and not available to banks. Because...challenges haven't slowed down the growth of credit unions, banks continue to look for other reasons...

Article: Credit unions fear tax review
Sunday Star-Times;  October 7, 2007 ;     700+ words ...FEARS ARE rising among credit unions that they could lose their tax-fr...Reserve Bank, there are now just 52 credit unions, compared to 160 a decade or...the 39-member Association of Credit Unions, said growth had been stalled...

Article: Credit Unions: do they need our support?(General Features)(Irish League of Credit Unions)
Accountancy Ireland;  June 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......No. 1) featured an article on credit unions by Peter Pierse. The general thrust of the article places credit unions in the current context of an aggressive...the role of the Irish League of Credit Unions. ********** The article correctly...

Article: Loans, savings rise at Wisconsin credit unions.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  August 30, 2005 ;     474 words ......savings at Wisconsin's state-regulated credit unions rose in the first half of 2005, while...membership came as the actual number of credit unions is shrinking because of consolidation in the industry. There were 10 fewer credit unions in Wisconsin -- 282 -- at the end of...

Article: Credit unions say they dodged mortgage mess
Sunday Gazette-Mail;  February 10, 2008 ;     624 words ...balow@wvgazette.com Credit unions don't always measure up well beside...these days, folks at the more than 100 credit unions across the state have something to be thankful for. State credit unions have managed to avoid the subprime...

Article: Thrifts steam over increasing home loan competition by credit unions.
American Banker;  December 28, 1994 ;     671 words ......In the last year, credit unions have gone from thorns...long complained that credit unions have an unfair advantage...What is new is that credit unions are making more home...competition between the credit unions and the thrifts, said...product development, CMG ...

Article: Popularity of credit unions grow.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  March 9, 2005 ;     557 words ......9--The number of people in Wisconsin who use credit unions is growing even though the number of credit unions is shrinking. That may seem like a good news-bad news scenario for credit unions. But the head of the industry's trade group says...

Article: Watershed Year for Nation's Credit Unions.
American Banker;  January 6, 2004 ;     700+ words ......2003 was the most important year for credit unions since 1998, when Congress first allowed...made it easier for federally chartered credit unions to adopt broad, communitywide charters...risk-based methodology for calculating credit unions' capital ratios, one similar to the...

Article: A NUMBER of credit unions will be forced to report losses this year because of the collapse in the investments markets, the new president of the Irish League of Credit Unions has warned.(Financial report)
Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland);  April 28, 2009 ;     261 words ......credit union dividends A NUMBER of credit unions will be forced to report losses this...new president of the Irish League of Credit Unions has warned. Mark Bailey (right), who...on Sunday, said this will mean these credit unions will be unable to pay a dividend. About...

Article: CUJ Q&A.(on credit unions and tax exemption)(Interview)
Credit Union Journal;  February 27, 2006 ;     700+ words ...TALLAHASSEE, Fla.-What will it take to get credit unions to better tell their story? Bill Birdwell...be done better? Birdwell: I do think credit unions continue to deserve the tax exemption...Documentation is going to be the key. Credit unions are doing a lot of things to serve...