GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Community West CU has signed with MoneyDesktop to implement the company’s personal financial management solution.

CINCINNATI – Kemba CU has adopted Financial Management Solutions Inc.’s Teller Management System.

HOUSTON – Members Choice CU has migrated to Symitar’s Episys outsourced core processing solution, Symitar EASE.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – Provident Credit Union said it has implemented Hyland Software’s OnBase enterprise content management system to manage records, streamline business processes and provide exceptional member service.

STROUDSBURG, Penn. – NE PA Community FCU has hired CUSO Financial Services LP to develop a managed investment program for its members.

DALLAS – One lucky member of Neighborhood CU was greeted at his front door before he went to work Thursday morning by top executives from his credit union, who handed him an oversized, $10,000 check representing the credit union’s summer savings prize.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The deadline is today, July 31, for nominations and entries for Credit Union Journal’s 2013 Best Practices Awards.

MADISON, Wis. – The World Council of Credit Unions has published what it believes to be the first-ever known guide to establishing Shariah-compliant credit unions.

FOSTER CITY, Calif. and PURCHASE, N.Y. – Visa and MasterCard on Tuesday said they have agreed to license their respective common U.S. debit solutions to each other to meet the industry’s need for a streamlined approach to route U.S. chip debit transactions over multiple, unaffiliated networks.

TOWSON, Md. – State Employees CU of Maryland is expected to announce a naming rights deal tomorrow for Towson University’s new $62 million arena, located about 15 miles from the credit union’s Linthicum headquarters.

The deadline for nominations and entries for Credit Union Journal’s 2013 Best Practices Awards is tomorrow, July 31.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The deadline for nominations and entries for Credit Union Journal’s 2013 Best Practices Awards is tomorrow, July 31.

The deadline for nominations and entries for Credit Union Journal’s 2013 Best Practices Awards is tomorrow, July 31.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – A new headquarters for Piedmont Advantage CU, the credit union for US Airways employees, will feature an atrium that looks like an air traffic-control tower and drive-thru teller lines shaped like airplane wings in celebration of the credit union’s heritage.

DETROIT – Fifteen local credit unions this morning rolled out a local merchant funded rewards program with RewardsNOW to help bolster commerce in this financially strapped city.

ATLANTA – First Data Corp. reported a 20% surge in second quarter losses to $189.1 million this morning, as debt service incurred from its 2007 leveraged buyout by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, one of the biggest LBOs ever, continued to erase all of its substantial operating profits.

MADISON, Wis. – The Credit Union Executives Society said William “Willy” K. Kelsey, EVP/chief operations officer, Texas Trust Credit Union, Mansfield, Texas, is its 2013 CUES Exceptional Leader award winner.

PENSACOLA, Fla. – Pen Air has signed with NB Risk Partners, recently acquired by NeighborBranch, for compliance risk management services.

LAKE JACKSON, Texas – TDECU is one of the first institutions to sign a Preferred Branding deal with ATM giant Cardtronics, which the company said elevates the credit union’s ATM visibility in a new way.

WAIPAHU, Hawaii – Pearl Harbor FCU announced that Neal Takase, its vice president of operations the past 20 years, has been named president and CEO of the $340-million credit union.