He isn't usually vocal on financial issues. In 2000, Beach was presented with a Herb Wegner Award for Lifetime Achievement, and the state declared Carroll Beach Day in Colorado. The World Council of Credit Unions concluded Wednesday evening its three-day International Credit Union Leadership Institute here. For a financial institution, the most immediate and largest issue is responding to the changeover in currency to the Euro. Thirty thousand tons of new coins will be circulated, while the existing French coins will be retrieved from circulation.
Credit unions have yet another new competitor when it comes to mortgages.
Under the alliance, Assurance Partners Bank will serve as a preferred provider of mortgage products to independent insurance agents across the nation. Agents, who will contract as part-time employees directly with OnePipeline, will have access to automation that ensures Assurance Partners Bank agents legally satisfy all federal and state regulations governing residential real estate mortgage lending. OnePipeline said it has eliminated the need for an agent to obtain a mortgage broker license or to hire into the agency a licensed broker. Md. Helen Godfrey, CEO of Shreveport FCU, Louisiana, was named vice chairman of the organization. Isaac Dickson, board president of Carolina Foothills FCU, is the board Secretary, and Sheilah Montgomery, president and CEO 1st Choice Credit Union, Atlanta, Ga., is Treasurer.