HERNDON, Va. – Northwest FCU Foundation has granted 26 college scholarships worth a total of $115,000.

DALLAS – Resource One CU has signed with Geezeo to implement the company’s white label personal financial management and engagement banking solution.

GREENBELT, Md. -- Educational Systems FCU, fresh off its merger with Rockville’s Montgomery County Teachers FCU, has begun construction on a new branch in nearby Prince Frederick, Md.

WEST JORDAN, Utah – Mountain America CU is opening its fourth Idaho branch and first in Boise.

MIAMI LAKES, Fla. – JetStream FCU said yesterday it opened its newest branch last week in Carolina, Puerto Rico, near Luis Munoz Marin Airport.

PANAMA CITY, Fla. – Innovations FCU teamed with the Panama City Beach Chamber of Commerce to teach the freshmen at Arnold High School financial literacy through a real-life simulation.

NEWBURGH, N.Y. -- A former Clarion Hotel filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week, a few days before a scheduled foreclosure sale of the property by Hudson Valley FCU.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Corporate credit unions, which have been largely ignored under NCUA’s liquidity proposal, are urging the agency to change the structure of the Central Liquidity Facility to give corporates direct access to the NCUA-operated lending fund.

NEW YORK – The Florida Retail Federation, which represents 7,000 merchants, today became the first group to officially ask the federal court here to reject the landmark antitrust settlement with Visa and MasterCard, calling the deal “an inadequate and unjust solution to a longstanding problem.”

GLASTONBURY, Conn. – Open Solutions Inc. this afternoon released DNAbillpay, an advanced electronic bill payment technology that allows credit unions and banks to manage and pay bills from any browser-based device, like a PC, smartphone or tablet.

WASHINGTON -- nProtect Inc., a provider of Internet security solutions, introduced the nProtect Mobile Security for safe mobile banking and payments during this morning’s opening of the annual BAI Retail Delivery Conference here.

SALT LAKE CITY – uGenius, the provider of 24X7 video tellers for credit unions and banks, announced this morning the introduction uGenius Online Video Banking, a new interface that enables financial institutions to engage with customers remotely at any time and from anywhere using a video-capable computer.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. – WalMart yesterday said it is teaming with American Express to offer a prepaid card at WalMart stores.

HAMBURG, N.Y. – Meridia Community CU has joined Credit Union 24 to provide more surcharge-free places where its members can access their money.

MIAMI – Dade County FCU has completed the conversion of its credit card processing to The Members Group.

ATLANTA – With envelopes falling from the rafters of the Georgia Dome on Saturday after the Georgia State football game, 250 Georgia State students collected $10,000 in vouchers as part of Georgia’s Own CU’s “Cash Drop.”

WATERLOO, Iowa – A man who dressed as a woman as part of his scheme to pass bad checks was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

WARRENVILLE, Ill. – Alloya Corporate FCU says it has submitted its application for the previously announced merger with CenCorp CU and hopes to complete the combination by year end.

TAMPA, Fla. – Grow Financial FCU is trying a novel approach to lure passersby into its branches: an interactive video wall that plays a game with people outside, in which they can win cash.

WASHINGTON – Cardtronics will show its new solution, called FeeAlert, which steers credit union members toward nearby in-network ATMs and away from ATM fees, at this week’s BAI Retail Delivery Conference.