SAN JOSE, Calif. – Alliance CU is offering a $60 Visa gift card to any members who refer a friend for a new loan or line of credit – part of its 60th anniversary celebration.

BADEN, Penn. – Ambridge Area FCU had an online contest at its Facebook page in an effort to reach the younger generation.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – 121 Financial CU has introduced a short-term, 8% fixed-rate Emergency Repair Loan for members recovering from the area’s recent tropical storms.

LAPLACE, La. – Louisiana FCU went live with Member Loyalty Group’s organization-wide Net Promoter program.

WICHITA, Kan. – A former employee at Enterprise CU on Monday pleaded guilty to embezzling $85,000 from the credit union through a check kiting scheme.

RALEIGH, N.C. – State Employees CU’s SECU Foundation on Monday donated $1 million to the construction of a critical care hospice home in Newport, N.C, one of a handful of hospices financed by the $24-billion credit union.

WASHINGTON – Credit unions and banks would be required to give prospective borrowers a concise, three-page disclosure of interest rates and fees to help compare loan terms in “plain language” under a proposal issued yesterday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

WASHINGTON – The House easily approved a credit union-backed bill tonight that would eliminate the requirement for the on-machine second fee disclosure at ATMs, the source of a growing number of legal claims against credit unions and banks.

BOSTON – State regulators this afternoon approved the merger of Massachusetts State Employees CU, a troubled one-time $77 million credit union, into giant Metro CU in adjacent Chelsea, Mass.

MADISON, Wis. – CUNA Mutual Group said this morning it has made $1.25 million of non-member deposits in three California community development credit unions to help stimulate development in their underserved areas under a state program.

ATLANTA– A federal appeals court ruled Friday that cardholders for BB&T must arbitrate their disputes on the bank’s overdraft procedures instead of litigate, under a mandatory arbitration clause in their customer agreement.

John Cassidy, president and CEO, Sierra Central Credit Union and Dan Sutton, COO of Kemba Credit Union share their thoughts on what has driven growth for their operations.

The California and Nevada Credit Union Leagues is considering filing countersuits in response to several of the Golden State's CUs being named in lawsuits alleging improper overdraft policies and practices.

Former directors of Greater Kinston CU are challenging the state's February conservatorship of their $17-million community development credit union amid allegations of impropriety by the board members.

A new study from Cisco offers some new insights into consumer-and credit union member-thinking on service delivery.

Has the National Credit Union Association's new corporate guidelines created more secure CUs?

Lending at credit unions continued a brisk pace during May, according to one new analysis that suggests lending will remain strong.

CUNA ran two ads in Politico-aimed at members of Congress-that sought to underscore the range of support for expanded member business lending at credit unions.

Bonds Resigns From CACU; Brokerage' May Follow

A federal court dismissed a suit brought by New York's Sperry Associates FCU over failed participations it bought from the MBLs CUSO of Eastern Financial Florida CU, the failed Florida giant that was acquired in 2009 by Space Coast Credit Union.