Collaboration gets lots of talk within the U.S. CU community. Credit Union Journal has tried to do its part with the launch of CUllaborationNation.com, and we continue to invite your submissions of white papers, procedure manuals, policies, videos.

Since the public announcement of the rule making, there have been extensive comments and quotes in the trade publication from individuals and associations opposed to such a revision to the rule. Remember, no credit union advocate ever wielded a sword mightier than their computer when they sit down to e-mail their regulator.

Third-party integration was a significant challenge for many credit unions, so much so that it wasn't unusual to see a credit union adopt its core processor's offerings simply in pursuit of the path of least resistance. Today, technology has relieved that burden somewhat.

MESA, Ariz. – The FBI is seeking help from the public in identifying a woman here who has been dubbed the “Color Me Bad Bandit.”

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The $140-million BluCurrent Credit Union is absorbing via merger $5.4-million Greater Ozarks Community Credit Union.

PORTLAND, Ore. – Bob Corwin has been named president of Advantis Credit Union, effective with the retirement of current president/CEO Ron Barrick.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – PSCU is inviting credit unions and IT experts to participate in a “Hackathon” at its headquarters here in October.

MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Fifteen Wisconsin credit unions that were co-owners in the now-defunct Central States Mortgage Co. have filed a lawsuit against its former CEO, Dick Jungen, and others, for what the plaintiffs allege was a secret loan pool that caused losses of as much as $15 million to the company.

MADISON, Wis. – Herbert H. Hoosman, Jr., president of Vantage Credit Union in Bridgeton, Mo., has been named winner of the 2013 Herb Wegner Memorial Award for Individual Achievement by the National Credit Union Foundation.

DURHAM, N.C. – In response to a shift in policy by the Obama Administration, Latino Community Credit Union has moved quickly to create a “Dreamer Loan” aimed at students who qualify for Deferred Action.

CHICAGO – More consumers are making their credit card payments on time, as the delinquency rate on credit cards dropped in the second quarter to one of its lowest levels since 1994.

GAINESVILLE, Ga. – High gas prices may be actually be driving down the value of small, fuel-efficient cars.

WASHINGTON – Credit unions are raising concerns over a whirlwind of mortgage regulations that have come out of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which has produced nearly 3,000 pages of proposed new rules in the past six weeks alone.

MT. PROSPECT, Ill. – Although electronic banking has become increasingly popular in recent years, checks remain a common and highly used method of payment in the United States.

LUMBERTON, Texas – Coastal Community FCU has been named a “Juntos Avanzamos” credit union by the Texas CU League.

MANSFIELD, Texas – Texas Trust Credit Union has purchased two office buildings with nearly 80,000 square feet of space that it designated to become its new corporate headquarters.

TAMPA, Fla. – Three people have been arrested here and charged with fraud after allegedly opening false accounts at Suncoast Schools FCU and obtaining $152,000 as a result.

ATLANTA – Several credit unions here partnered to offer free gas at a local Shell Station.

DOVER, N.H. – RewardsNOW is partnering with Zavee to offer what the companies claim is a new type of merchant-funded program tailored to the needs of community financial institutions and local merchants.

DUBUQUE, Iowa – Dupaco Community Credit Union and Mediacom said a video created by Tyler Breitbach has been selected as the Grand Prize Winner of the “Shift Into Thrift” contest.