STAMFORD, Conn. – Stamford FCU has expanded its field of membership to southern Fairfield County, including the New York bedroom communities of Greenwich, Stamford, Norwalk, New Canaan, Darien, Weston, Westport, Wilton, Fairfield, Trumbull, Bridgeport, Easton, Shelton, Stratford and Monroe.

WASHINGTON – Department of Commerce FCU has selected LenderLive Network to service loans and manage document services.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Pentagon FCU on Tuesday said it has signed a marketing alliance with Armed Forces Benefits Association to extend its auto financing and car buying services to AFBA members, while PenFed members will get access the group’s selection of life insurance programs.

PORT HURON, Mich. – E&A CU has launched what it calls the “Bonus Bills” savings account, which will reward teen savers with monthly and yearly prizes based on the total net increase in the teen’s savings account has each month.

OTTAWA, Canada – Social media expert and strategist Charlene Li told the World Credit Union Conference here there are seven steps needed to make social media a success in any organization, and that one mistake made is the last one in importance often is the first (and only) step to get attention.

OTTAWA, Canada – A fundamental, cultural shift within First West Credit Union here is helping to chop costs across the enterprise and improve its efficiency ratio.

WASHINGTON – The Senate last night finally voted to confirm Richard Cordray to a full, five-year term as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on a 66-34 vote – 17 months after President Obama bypassed intransigent Senate Republicans and appointed Cordray to an abbreviated recess appointment.

WASHINGTON – The Senate this evening finally voted to confirm Richard Cordray to a five-year term as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 17 months after President Obama bypassed intransigent Senate Republicans and appointed Cordray to an abbreviated recess appointment

MADISON, Wis. – The Filene Research Institute with Del Norte CU and Dupaco Community CU have launched a new competition among 20 Visa cardholders to study the trajectory of a credit score with a six-month race to see who can improve their FICO score the most.

WICHITA, Kan. – Faced with diminishing prospects on its multi-billion dollars of corporate credit union claims, NCUA filed yesterday to appeal last week’s ruling by the U.S. District Court here dismissing the credit union regulator’s $555 million of claims against Barclays Capital for the sale of faulty mortgage-backed securities to U.S. Central FCU and WesCorp FCU, the two biggest credit union failures ever.

WASHINGTON – The Senate agreed this morning to allow a vote on Richard Cordray to be permanent director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, virtually ensuring Cordray’s confirmation to the five-year job and averting what some saw as a constitutional crisis over Republicans’ growing use of the filibuster.

OTTAWA, Canada—When Poland’s Grzegorz Bierecki accepted the chain necklace that is customarily worn by the chairman of the World Council of Credit Unions, it was symbolic in a way never before seen when a new WOCCU chairman took office.communist government while he was a member of that country's Solidarity movement.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – 3Rivers FCU said this morning it has become the first credit union to offer Allied Payment Network and Malauzai Software’s Picture Pay, which enables members to pay bills by taking a photo of the bill with their mobile device.

ATLANTA – Credit bureau Equifax said it has expanded its identity protection services with a deal to add TrustedID to its Personal Solution group.

BETHPAGE, N.Y. – Bethpage FCU is sponsoring the Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts’ annual summer study and performance of five music students.

TROY, Mich. – Dan Moss, CEO of the credit union formerly known as Michigan Catholic CU, has died.

BELOIT, Wis. – Betty Hoadley, who worked at Municipal CU for 47 years and retired as president in 2001, died at 80 last week.

MUNCIE, Ind. – Ball State FCU opened its doors in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center Monday as part of the Village redevelopment.

PITTSBURGH – A prolific tort lawyer who has sued more than 100 credit unions and banks filed two new suits against credit unions yesterday alleging violations of the provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act requiring all ATMs to be accessible to the sight impaired.

AUSTIN, Texas – Greater TEXAS FCU launched a new partnership with Foundation Communities to offer a Safety Net Savings Program, which incentivizes members to set aside savings for emergencies.