NEW YORK – NCUA has asked a federal bankruptcy court in the huge Residential Capital Chapter 11 bankruptcy to expedite more than $300 million of claims related to the 2009 collapse of WesCorp FCU, one of dozens of investors in mortgage-backed securities issued by the one-time subprime mortgage subsidiary of GMAC.

DOWNEY, Calif. – Financial Partners CU has launched its social media presence on Facebook (facebook.com/FPCUca) and Twitter (twitter.com/FP_CU).

BEAVERTON, Ore. – Rivermark Community CU has installed Integrated Media Management’s workflow management application.

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Commonwealth CU has contracted with INVEST Financial Corp. to provide its members with brokerage and investment services.

RYE, N.Y. – USAlliance FCU is now offering DigitalMailer’s My Virtual StrongBox electronic safety deposit boxes.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A recidivist bank robber convicted in November of four armed robberies, including three at area credit unions, yesterday was sentenced to 95 years in prison.

DETROIT – The Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation yesterday shut down and liquidated Amez United CU, a credit union with just $169,000 in assets and serving 158 members churches in the Detroit district of the Michigan Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.

CHARLES CITY, Iowa – Iowa state regulators on Tuesday notified disgruntled members of Family Community CU that their vote at Saturday’s annual meeting to remove the board and suspend the credit union’s CEO was invalid, ruling that the rare board ouster vote was not conducted properly.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – A retired Grand Rapids police captain was greeted by the Michigan CU League’s “Prize Squad” with a $10,000 check this morning, as one of 10 of this week’s grand prize winners of the Save to Win savings sweepstakes.

KEARNEY, Neb. – An Eaton Corp. retiree and his wife were named winners of the Nebraska CU League’s first Save to Win savings sweepstakes, a $25,000 grand prize.

BRAINTREE, Mass. – Liberty Bay CU, the ailing one-time telephone workers credit union that moved from downtown Boston to the suburbs three years ago, has hired Ed Lopes, the head of Grafton Suburban CU, as new president and CEO of the $625 million credit union.

LATHAM, N.Y. – Sunmark FCU said this morning it signed with Elan Financial Services to offer a full suite of Visa card products with newly enhanced bonus rewards options, including cash back, merchandise, gift certificates as well as travel rewards to its 45,000 members.

ONTARIO, Calif. – As expected, the membership of the CURoots Cooperative on Friday approved the transfer of the ownership of CURoots to the California League Services Corporation.

LIVE OAK, Texas – Randolph-Brooks FCU presented a giant “check” for $150,000 to create the Randy M. Smith Endowed Scholarship at the Alamo Colleges, named for the recently retired president of the $5-billion credit union.

MOOSE LAKE, Minn. – Lake Street FCU has signed with eDOC Innovations to implement the company’s CheckLogic Mobile and CheckLogic Lite.

TULSA, Okla. – Three men who authorities say were members of the “Hoover Crips” gang on Friday were found guilty of a series of violent armed robberies, including last September’s holdup at Tulsa Municipal Employees FCU when $164,000 was stolen.

VACAVILLE, Calif. – Travis CU has launched a Facebook contest that encourages people to visit and like the credit union’s Facebook page for a chance to win weekly prizes, as well as a chance to win a $10,000 cash prize.

ROCKY HILL, Conn. – Nutmeg State FCU rolled out its new mobile branch during last week’s massive snowstorm that buried the state in more than two feet of snow.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Lender Processing Services has reached an agreement with the Justice Department to pay $35 million to settle charges it participated in a six-year scheme to prepare and file more than 1 million fraudulently signed and notarized mortgage-related documents with property recorders’ offices throughout the U.S.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Three more credit unions were sued in federal court Friday by a New York patent holder that claims they are infringing on patents relating to their processing of transactions through their ATMs, the latest in a growing list of credit unions targeted by patent claims.