GREENSBORO, N.C. – Premier FCU paid its members a 5% interest rebate for 2012, amounting to $230,000.

PARCHMENT, Mich. – First Community FCU paid its 60,000 members a $2 million dividend Monday, up to $500 each.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Ent FCU said it has signed a five-year renewal of its card issuing contract with Elan Financial Services, a unit of U.S. Bancorp.

HARRISBURG, Penn. – The Pennsylvania CU Association is teaming with the Pennsylvania Cable Network on a four-part series on financial education.

MADISON, Wis. – The National CU Foundation is offering $125,000 in Biz Kid$ Financial Education Grants to fund innovative programs that extend the reach of public TV’s Biz Kid$ program.

MARLBOROUGH, Mass. – St. Mary’s CU said this afternoon it hired James Garvey, the president of Borel Private Bank and Charter Private Bank, as president and CEO of the $600-million credit union.

LONDON – A group of Islamist hackers who launched distributed denial of service attacks against U.S. banks and credit unions over the past few weeks said it has suspended the DDoS campaign after YouTube agreed to pull an objectionable video.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – In an unusual transaction, Affinity Plus FCU said this morning it has agreed to acquire the local branch and 4,300 member accounts of Illinois-based Oak Trust CU.

ATLANTA – First Data Corp. reported this morning that losses rose again in the fourth quarter to $179 million, and to $701 million for the full year, as the card processing giant continued to battle debt service related to its huge 2007 leveraged buyout, one of the biggest in history.

CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. – Dexter CU has implemented Q2ebanking’s platform of electronic banking solutions.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – First Tech FCU reported a 51% increase in net income for 2012 to $62.8 million, giving the $5.6-billion credit union for Silicon Valley workers a 1.15% return-on-assets.

LENEXA, Kan. – CommunityAmerica CU paid its members a $5 million special dividend yesterday.

TULSA, Okla. – A man who was shot after allegedly robbing a Tulsa Teachers CU branch last week was arrested after he was discovered on the floor of a home in that area and transported to a local hospital with a gunshot wound to his left arm.

BETHPAGE, N.Y. – Bethpage FCU is organizing 150 IRS-certified volunteers, including bilingual tax preparers, to help low-income New Yorkers prepare and file their 2012 income taxes at 12 of its Long Island branches.

NEW BERLIN, Wis. – Fast-growing Landmark CU, just off its fifth merger in the past two years, has agreed to acquire Badger Campus CU, a $13-million credit union that formerly served employees of the University of Wisconsin and several of its offshoots.

RALEIGH, N.C. – Coastal FCU said this afternoon it distributed $1.6 million in loan rebate dividends and deposit bonus dividends through its VIP Program to 6,920 of its 240,000 members.

FORT WORTH, Texas – American Airlines FCU said today it paid its members another $10 million dividend at year-end, celebrating another big year for the $5.7 billion credit union.

There's too much at stake this year not to aggressively promote debit cards to members, asserts CSCU.

The new Diebold ATM that syncs with mobile devices is another indication that CUs need to stay well-informed when it comes to the changing payments landscape

NCUA Releases 2013 List Of Rules, Regs Under Review