WARRENVILLE, Ill. — Alloya Corporate FCU has tapped Todd Adams, who has served as interim CEO since September, to be its new permanent CEO, effective immediately.

WASHINGTON — CUNA has added Tony Blair to its list of keynote speakers at its Governmental Affairs Conference in Washington in February.

EAST LANSING, Mich. — MSU FCU is doing its part to make sure the Michigan State University football team is well supported when they play Stanford in the Rose Bowl Jan. 1.

MADISON, Wis. — MasterCard is partnering with CUES to underwrite the organization's new Strategic Innovation Institute.

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Credit unions are doing much better this year at providing service amid increased new member signings, according to the latest American Customer Satisfaction Index (ASCI) released Tuesday.

MANSFIELD, Texas — Texas Trust Credit Union has initiated a new outdoor advertising strategy, which includes replacing billboards with two Jeep Patriots that were custom wrapped to raise visibility of the $796 million credit union.

HOUSTON — Jim Free, retired president of tiny Southern Star Credit Union, died on Dec. 5.

WASHINGTON — Consumer credit issued by credit unions and banks jumped $18.2 billion in October.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A federal court granted NCUA a preliminary injunction to prevent the dissipation of estate assets in its civil complaint against the estate of the former manager of Shiloh of Alexandria FCU.

TAMPA — Florida's largest credit union, Suncoast Schools FCU, will convert from a federal to a state charter early next year.

A selection of images featuring credit unions' efforts in their communities.

WASHINGTON — With just a couple of weeks left before Congress takes a holiday recess, lawmakers are stepping up efforts to deter frivolous patent lawsuits against credit unions, banks and a host of other companies.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Third quarter data released by NCUA last week offered more signs of strengthening, leading one economist to declare, "we're officially out of the woods."

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — As the real estate market continues to make a comeback, CUs are turning to a CUSO to help them book more loans.

WASHINGTON — Recent remarks from Rohit Chopra, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's top official in charge of student lending, have warned that the trillion-dollar student loan market is missing key data and regulations necessary to head off another financial crisis.

BEAVERTON, Ore. — Rivermark Community CU here cut rates on its credit card offerings by an average of 3.2 percentage points as part of a larger move to consolidate its cards program.

ONTARIO, Calif. — It's time credit unions mix in personal service and the human touch with their online car shopping services, according to CU Direct.

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — To keep pace with government-mandated authentication guidelines that require a one-time, out-of-band passcode to be used to log into online banking, Star One Credit Union turned to a third-party vendor, Digital Insight.

LAKE JACKSON, Texas — With the annual March 1 date looming for Federal Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) compliance, Texas Dow Employees Credit Union has successfully implemented an automated solution that saves time, money and beats the deadline.

LAS VEGAS — There have been both expected and unexpected rippling effects from the Great Recession.