MANCHESTER, N.H. – Bellwether Community CU has implemented Integrated Media Management’s its iSign for TotaleAtlas.

ORLANDO, Fla. – FAIRWINDS CU has implemented Intuit Financial Services’ digital banking suite.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – Kern Schools FCU has signed with LPL Financial to provide its members with broker-dealer and wealth management services.

SMITHFIELD, R.I. – Navigant CU has selected Fiserv’s DNA account processing platform from Open Solutions, now part of Fiserv, as a core processing system.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The popular and unique Day in the Life of Credit Unions is back.

LOS ANGELES – In a rare supervisory order, the California Department of Financial Institutions has directed Lithuanian CU – which has seen more than half of its $12 million in assets drained – to remove and replace its current CEO, who, the DFI said, “is not considered acceptable by the [DFI] Commissioner.”

WASHINGTON – The Senate Banking Committee is expected to hold a confirmation hearing as soon as next week on NCUA Board nominee Rick Metsger to fill out the three-person panel.

OAKLAND, Calif. – Chevron FCU, the combination of a half-dozen Chevron credit unions, will enter the Utah market with the acquisition of Chevron West CU, a $90-million credit union based in Bountiful.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The NCUA Board said this afternoon it will vote Thursday on the proposed loan participation rule aimed at bringing more regulatory scrutiny to the growing market.

AUSTIN, Texas – University (of Texas) FCU, which was hit by three different distributed denial of service attacks this winter and spring, successfully blocked the third attack using Prolexic’s DDoS mitigation services, called PLXproxy solution.

WASHINGTON – A leading credit union executive called on Congress this morning to exempt credit unions from new Qualified Mortgage rules that would generally bar them from making subprime and other risky mortgages.

JACKSONVILLE, Ark. – Arkansas FCU announced this morning it signed with Diebold to provide it with a full suite of integrated services to simplify management, maintenance and compliance for the credit union’s fleet of 32 ATMs.

PENSACOLA, Fla. – Gulf Winds FCU moved its top management personnel and branch to an old bank branch it has renovated.

ALPENA, Mich. – Alpena Alcona Area CU has signed with SaveUp, a free financial program that rewards members for saving money and paying down their debts.

POCATELLO, Idaho – A former teller at Westmark CU was sentenced to two months in prison, followed by two months of home detention, for stealing $23,625 from member accounts at the credit union.

FERNDALE, Mich. – Credit Union One said it signed an agreement with the Consulate of Mexico in Detroit to provide financial literacy education to the Hispanic community centered in the southwest side of the city.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The popular and unique Day in the Life of Credit Unions is back.

RALEIGH, N.C. – The North Carolina CU League passed a resolution calling on Congress and President Obama and to pass legislation reforming the country’s immigration policies.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – Sooper CU got an unexpected gift from one of its members: a combat flag that flew during combat in Afghanistan.

MADISON, Wis. – Advances in browser technology have enabled $1.6-billion University of Wisconsin CU to build mobile check deposit into its mobile browser.