Credit Union Times August 31, 2005 Chicago – The Woodstock Institute, an occasional critic of how well credit unions serve the low-income, has sent at aletter to the NCUA expressing concern about the phenomenon of credit unions changing their...
fed_august2005_boa_mbna.pdfWoodstock Institute requests an extended public comment period and exhaustive review of the combine banks deposits on the grounds that the proposed merger would violate the 10 percent limit on domestic deposits under the Reigle-Neil Act. Woodstock also requests...
Chicago Tribune August 14, 2005 Marilyn Kennedy Melia You don’t just buy a house, you buy a piece of a neighborhood. A new study finds that if a homeowner down the block can’t make his or her mortgage payments,...
Wall Street Journal August 9, 2005 Jessica Vascellaro When Phillip Germany set out to refinance his University Heights, Ohio, home in 2002, his weak credit history prompted his mortgage broker to steer him to Ameriquest Mortgage Co., a “subprime”...
Credit Union Times August 3, 2005 The story on the difference between credit cards issued by banks and those issued by credit unions was a clear exposition of the Woodstock Institute study on this subject. Terms and conditions are...