AUSTIN, Texas – Mobile end-user engagement continued to strengthen in July, according to data released as part of the Monkey Insights survey conducted by Malauzai Software.

LAS VEGAS – One Nevada Credit Union is running a marketing campaign promoting its suite of checking products called BACON – an acronym for Bad A$$ Checking from One Nevada.

SPOKANE, Wash. – Nearly 7,000 members of Spokane Teachers Credit Union have either written letters or signed a petition asking their congressional representatives to maintain the credit union tax exemption.

WASHINGTON – With Congress in recess, CUNA is hoping that when legislators do return to Washington their hectic schedules will help tax reform get passed as part of a larger package of bills.

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Missouri Credit Union has notified members of a data breach that could affect members’ personal data.

VIENNA, Va. – Navy Federal Credit Union said its mortgage originations are at an all-time high despite difficulties in some of the housing markets it serves, as it booked nearly $8 billion in loan production through the month of July.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has signed into law HB 1572, a measure that addresses interpretive issues involving the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation’s (IDFPR) civil penalty process as it relates to credit unions.

WARMINSTER, Penn. – The $600-million Freedom Credit Union said it is reintroducing its most popular member benefit, the $25-$25 Refer-A-Member offer.

MADISON, Wis. – The Credit Union Executives Society has named the winners of its 2013 Golden Mirror Awards competition.

MANSFIELD, Texas – Texas Trust Credit Union has entered into a partnership with Dolphin Debit Access that it said will establish a branded-ATM presence in high-traffic areas.

WALLINGFORD, Conn. – A state court judge has ordered Wallingford Municipal Federal Credit Union to pay a member more than $200,000 for a taking the member’s Social Security disability check.

MADISON, Wis. – The Filene Research Institute is partnering with digital strategy research firm Novarica with a new Digital Strategies program it said is designed to a enhance credit unions’ online sales.

ONTARIO, Calif. – With new data showing 32% of U.S. adults bank using their mobile devices, every credit union should have a mobile strategy, according to Brad Ganey, COO with Catalyst Corporate.

WASHINGTON – President Obama met yesterday at the White House with financial regulators to discuss ongoing implementation of the Dodd-Frank bill.

BOSTON – A new report argues that credit unions are clearly winners as a result of the Durbin rules, and the study’s author predicts if debit interchange is cut even further, those CUs with less than $10 billion in assets will win even more.

A digital media and video service rolled out by the California League Services Corp. is now prepared to create everything from podcasts to TV spots for client credit unions, with an emphasis on media targeting younger consumers.

SECU Partnering With City On Foreclosure Rehabs

The Financial Brand has released an updated listing the top 100 credit unions for the second quarter according to Facebook "Likes."

When management and board of $67 million Natco Credit Union go to their 2014 strategic planning sessions, they will know exactly what the members need-because they asked.

NASHVILLE, Tenn.-Credit unions have been slow to embrace Windows 8, with a number of CU IT execs telling Credit Union Journal earlier this year they were holding off on purchasing the software in favor of additional releases from Microsoft. But several people during the Harland Connections conference here suggested those same IT execs had better get used to Windows 8, because it's here to stay.