ALEXANDRIA, Va. – NCUA this afternoon banned from credit unions Robert Liddle, the former chief of member business lending at Yuma, Arizona’s AEA FCU for engineering a $60 million MBL fraud that almost sunk the one-time $410 million credit union.

HARRISBURG, Penn. – The Pennsylvania CU Association announced this morning that Jim McCormack, its long-time president and CEO, is retiring at year-end.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – In the latest of a new flurry of deal-making, FIS announced this morning it has agreed to acquire the 78% it doesn’t own of mFoundry, one of the first providers of mobile technology for credit unions and banks, for $120 million in cash.

NEW YORK – ACI Worldwide, which acquired back-office service provider S1 Corp. last year, has agreed to purchase Online Resources Corp. in an all-cash deal valued at $126.6 million, the two companies announced this morning.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A man and his wife plan to plead guilty to robbing seven area credit unions and banks in 2011, according to police.

SEATTLE – Verity CU kicked off its second Cartwheel for a Cause contest by inviting anyone in Washington state 18 years or older to submit a short video to win $5,000 for the cause of their choice and $1,000 for him or her.

LAMESA, Texas – Caprock FCU said it signed with SIGNiX to use the company’s digital signature service for online signatures.

WOODBURY, Minn. – Postal CU has signed with CRIF Lending Solutions to provide members with immediate decisioning on their loan requests, which will enable the majority of members who apply for a loan to receive a decision on their request in as little as 60 seconds.

BEAR, Del. – Community Powered FCU announced the opening of its new office and headquarters building here.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – ESL FCU paid a dividend to members totaling $7.25 million this month.

SAN ANTONIO – A former vice president and chief loan officer at Southside CU on Tuesday pleaded guilty to falsifying the institution’s books to hide non-payments on a local car dealer’s $1.4 million line of credit with the credit union.

WASHINGTON – The Competitive Enterprise Institute and the 60 Plus Association on Wednesday called on the Senate to delay the confirmation proceedings for Richard Cordray, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, until the implications of last week’s federal court ruling invalidating recess appointments – similar to Cordray’s – are better understood.

WEST ORANGE, N.J. – The non-profit Kessler Foundation yesterday awarded a $484,452 Signature Employment Grant to the National Disability Institute in Washington, D.C., to fund a program that will train disabled people to work in credit unions.

RALEIGH, N.C. – State Employees CU, one of just three credit unions restricted by enactment of the Durbin amendment, said the provision limiting fees on debit transactions cost it about $40 million in lost revenue in 2012.

LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y.—United Nations FCU said this afternoon its UNFCU Financial Services LLC, CUSO has acquired Industrial Coverage Corp, a privately-held, full service commercial and personal insurance agency located in nearby Patchogue, Long Island.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. -- CO-OP Financial Services announced this morning it is introducing CO-OP Sprig, a multi-institution “virtual credit union branch” giving members the ability to make person-to-person payments and aggregate their accounts in a single portal.

ANCHORAGE – Prominent real estate developer Lee Baker, Jr., known locally as “The Condo King,” was sentenced yesterday to three years behind bars for a lying to Denali Alaskan FCU to obtain as much as $9.4 million in member business loans to finance a condominium development.

CHANTILLY, Va. – Justice (Department) FCU has spread its wings from this Washington suburb and opened two Georgia branches, after acquiring Georgia Department of Public Safety CU.

WICHITA, Kan. – Catholic Family FCU hired Michael Taylor, executive vice president and operations manager at Northwest United FCU, a Catholic credit union based in Arvada, Colo., as president and CEO of the $27-million faith-based credit union.

FENTON, Mo. – Alliance CU said its CEO Dennis Sommer is retiring March 1, after 28 years heading the now $200-million credit union.