SPOKANE, Wash. – Spokane Teachers CU has implemented HelpSTAR help desk software to elevate efficiency across multiple departments.

BURLINGTON, Vt. – Vermont FCU has contracted with IQR Consulting to provide it with a review of its credit and debit card portfolio performance.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. – Consumers CU has signed a sponsorship deal with local minor league K-Wings ice hockey team.

VERNON HILLS, Ill. – BCU, formerly known as Baxter CU, has signed with Neolane to personalize and further segment its customer communications and ensure campaign information is engaging the right member, at the right time and with the right message.

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. – American Eagle FCU, Connecticut’s second-largest credit union, picked up a new branch with this week’s merger of Hartford Postal Employees CU, an ailing one-time $13-million credit union.

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – Service CU is offering the public free tours of its new 100,000-square-foot headquarters built with the latest environmental technology, including geothermal heat exchange, displacement ventilation and other systems that reduce energy usage and provide healthy work environments.

GROTON, Conn. – Charter Oak FCU said it is providing a $1.5 million member business loan package to renovate and expand the Interdistrict School for Arts and Communication, a local charter school.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – NCUA on Tuesday barred the former CEO of Florida A&M FCU from credit unions for conspiring with a university think tank manager to steal $134,000 in federal grant money deposited in the credit union.

SAN JOSE, Calif. – A California superior court judge on Tuesday gave a rare setback to the members who recently blocked a proposed charter change by $1.6-billion Technology CU, ruling the credit union does not have to reveal membership information.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – NCUA said this afternoon it approved a charter for Community Promise FCU, a low-income credit union that will serve 150,000 residents of the Kalamazoo, Mich., area.

LOS ANGELES -- InAuth, a provider of advanced mobile security software for credit unions and banks, announced this afternoon the introduction of a voice biometrics identification system for mobile banking.

BETHEL, Conn. -- Bank security provider BranchServ said this morning it has acquired CheckView Banking Security Solutions, a division of Checkpoint Systems that provides electronic security solutions for credit unions and banks.

SAN ANTONIO – SWBC announced the acquisition of three specialty risk management firms – NINPRO, FICOR and NINPRO Data.

TAMPA, Fla. – A teller at Suncoast Schools FCU was terminated after she was caught disguising her voice and pretending to be the account holder trying to wire $8,500 out of the account.

KANKAKEE, Ill. – Riverside Community CU has signed with Geezeo to implement the company’s white label personal financial management and engagement banking solution.

WATERVILLE, Maine – Debi Pomeroy, who began her credit union career as a teller at nearby Keyes Fiber FCU (now KSW FCU) and worked her way up to be CEO of HealthFirst FCU, retired as head of the $17-million credit union after 30 years in the credit union movement.

AUSTIN, Texas – Amplify CU has moved its primary IT infrastructure to Data Foundry’s Texas 1 data center.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. – Consumers CU yesterday joined two local banks in launching “BankOn Kalamazoo,” which will offer free and low-cost banking and other financial services to the estimated 6,100 unbanked Kalamazoo residents.

TRINIDAD, Colo. – NCUA and Colorado state regulators on Monday said they have approved the merger of Trinity CU, a $4-million credit union run under NCUA conservatorship since July, into Power CU, an $82-million credit union in nearby Pueblo.

GROTON, Conn. – Charter Oak FCU, which has been expanding its commercial lending, yesterday announced it has provided a multi-year financing package to the Mystic Shipyard that will allow for improvements and renovations to the shipyard’s 6.5-acre facility.