Chartway FCU Charts A NewWay

HOUSTON - (04/26/05) -- Chartway FCU marked a majorexpansion into The Lone Star State last week with the opening offour new branches, part of an ambitious plan to add as many as 30branches throughout the Houston area over the next five years.Chartway, based in Newport Beach, Va., was originally sponsored in1959 to serve the Naval Air Station but has branched out over thepast decade to add hundreds of select groups across the country.And over the past three years the credit union has been authorizedto serve large populations in Houston, St. Petersburg andProvidence, R.I., through NCUA's underserved program.