INDIAN WELLS, Calif.-CUNA Mutual Group and the CUNA Lending Council have added a fifth category to their joint Excellence in Lending Awards.
In addition to the traditional consumer and mortgage lending (divided into asset categories of less than $250 million and more than $250 million), the new category is the Low/Modest Means award. This years' award recipients are:
* Consumer Lending, less than $250 million in assets-Latino Community CU, Durham, N.C.
* Consumer Lending, more than $250 million in assets-San Antonio FCU, Texas.
* Mortgage Lending, less than $250 million in assets-Ohio University CU, Athens, Ohio.
* Mortgage Lending, more than $250 million in assets-Ent FCU, Colorado Springs, Colo.
* Low/Modest Means-Bethex FCU, Bronx, N.Y., for its low-income outreach efforts.
