ALBANY, N.Y. – A federal court yesterday issued a $483,000 default judgment in favor of CUMIS Insurance Society against a defrocked church pastor for stealing from the credit union where he worked.

PEORIA, Ill. – Phone service was restored at CEFCU’s headquarters yesterday following a widespread AT&T outage on Monday that caused disruptions to the credit union’s online, mobile banking, Money Center 24 ATMs and Fast Track Teller machine services.

ANAHEIM, Calif. – Credit unions are searching for answers on how to deal with the many requirements related to the Affordable Care Act, based on the full house that showed up for a breakout session Tuesday afternoon at the CUNA HR/TD Council Conference here.

NORRISTOWN, Penn. – A state court refused to dismiss fraud charges against the former CEO of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1776 FCU, meaning the one-time credit union executive will have to stand trial a second time for fraud for allegedly giving herself unauthorized pay raises.

URBANA, Ill. – The third of three suspects in the June 2009 armed robbery at Shapiro Developmental Center Employees CU in Kankakee was convicted today in the $276,010 hold-up, one of the biggest credit union robberies in recent years.

PIERRE, S.D. –Members of Black Hills FCU have petitioned the South Dakota Supreme Court to declare a lawsuit against the credit union and CUNA Mutual Group’s CUMIS Insurance Society unit over credit life disability terms a class action.

ST. LOUIS – Missouri Corporate CU announced this morning Dennis DeGroodt will retire as CEO of the $1.2 billion corporate credit union July 31 and will be succeeded by Kathleen “Kitty” Gray, its chief financial officer.

WASHINGTON – In an unprecedented rebuff, the Republican chairman of the House Financial Services Committee refused to allow Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray to testify before the committee because he said a recent court ruling invalidates Cordray’s year-old appointment to the post.

GOLDSBORO, N.C. – A man believed responsible for at least three ATM break-ins over the weekend was caught inside an ATM at State Employees’ CU early Monday morning as he was trying to break open the cash safe.

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. – American Eagle FCU, the state’s second biggest credit union, said it is now longer offering member business loans because of inaction by Congress in increasing the MBL limit.

LOS ANGELES – Standard & Poor’s called on a federal court here yesterday to dismiss a $5 billion civil suit brought by the U.S. Justice Department claiming the Wall Street rating agency ignored its own standards rating risky investments sold to, among others, WesCorp FCU and Eastern Financial Florida CU, two of the biggest credit union failures ever.

PORTLAND, Ore. – Northwest Resource FCU is seeking to break form the pack of nine Oregon and Washington credit unions with “Northwest” in their name with a new name and brand at Trailhead CU.

EAST WINDSOR, N.J. – McGraw-Hill FCU has signed with Crenshaw Communications as its public relations agency after a competitive review.

PORTLAND, Mich. -- Portland FCU has selected Harvey Hoskins, its executive vice president, as president and CEO of the $240 million credit union.

BOULDER, Colo. – Boulder Valley CU has launched Tyfone’s mobile financial services that includes mobile remote deposit capture,. P2P payments, bill pay, and mobile banking enrollment.

HOUSTON, Texas — Texas Dow Employees CU quadrupled the size of its branch inside the Marathon Oil Tower, part of a major renovation to the landmark building.

EUREKA, Calif. – Coast Central CU has awarded $50,000 to five local non-profits as part of its semi-annual Community Investment Grants.

BROCKTON, Mass. – NCUA announced today it has certified last month’s member vote at HarborOne CU to convert the $2 billion to a mutual savings bank, the biggest credit union conversion ever.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. -- EMV-enabled Visa debit cards functioned successfully in at least six countries for members and staff of Bank-Fund Staff FCU, with online transaction processing performed by CO-OP Financial Services.

DES MOINES, Iowa–After 23 years with The Members Group, Jeff Russell is moving on, taking over as CEO of insurance company Delta Dental of Iowa here on May 3.Russell, CEO of TMG Financial Services and senior advisor for The Members Group, will serve his last day at TMG April 26. Patrick Jury, CEO of the Iowa Credit Union League, will serve as acting CEO of TMG Financial Services while an executive search begins for the new CEO of TMG-FS.