LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Captive Indoor Media on Wednesday said it is now offering an on-hold voice messaging application for its popular digital signage tool, Codigo.

SAN JOSE, Calif. – A longtime member of $1.6-billion Technology Credit Union, which is asking members to approve its conversion to a mutual savings bank, is fighting to stop the process.

SAN JOSE, Calif. – A member of Alliant CU, a Chicago-based credit union giant with major operations in California, this week filed suit against the credit union regarding its alleged practices of paying off debit card transactions, the fifth big California credit union to be targeted in an overdraft suit over the last week.

NEWARK, N.J. – A local duo this week filed five new lawsuits citing credit unions and banks for their alleged lack of disclosures as required by the Electronic Funds Transfer Act, and challenging for the title of most prolific ATM plaintiffs.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – NCUA this week joined a local union in asking a federal appeals court here to overturn a lower court ruling dismissing the union’s claims against several Wall Street banks regarding mortgage backed securities the banks sold to the union.

TACOMA, Wash. – NCUA today banned a former teller at KBR CU from credit unions for stealing more than $440,000 from the tiny credit union for employees of Simpson Construction.

ALBANY, N.Y. – The American Bankers Association weighed in on credit unions’ efforts for an exemption from state mortgage taxes, telling the state’s highest court the bid represents an effort by credit unions to tilt the competitive balance in New York by allowing them to offer mortgage “tax-free loans".

WASHINGTON – A key House panel swiftly approved a bill this morning that would eliminate the Electronic Funds Transfer Act’s requirement that credit unions and banks disclose the fees they charge at the ATM twice—on the outside of the ATM and on-screen—and sent the bill on for a vote of the full House.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A federal court yesterday certified a suit for class action status that claims that Hope Community CU violated provisions of the Electronic Funds Transfer Act requiring ATM owners to disclose to customers on-site what fees will be charged for using the cash machine.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Credit Union Journal is still accepting entries for its 2012 Best Practices Awards, but time is rapidly running out.

SAN DIEGO – San Diego County Credit Union said it is relaunching its person-to-person payment service under a new name, Popmoney.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – A member of Family First FCU last week pleaded guilty to bank loan application fraud for providing false information regarding his income to obtain lines of credit at his credit union and two banks.

INDIANAPOLIS – Sharetec Systems, provider of core processing systems to more than 300 credit unions, on Tuesday said it is now providing fraud alerts.

SAN FRANCISCO – Meriwest CU won a $160,000 affordable housing grant from the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco that will go to build a Habitat for Humanity home in Walnut Creek.

RIDGECREST, Calif. – AltaOne FCU has completed a multi-year, multitier voice system makeover at its 11 branches from Voice Smart Networks.

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – RIA FCU has signed with VSoft for the company’s branch item capture and image exchange solutions.

WATERLOO, Iowa – A young bank robber who had just been sentenced to 30 years in state prison waved and blew a kiss through the jail courtroom viewing glass to his family, including his child – who was born after his 2010 arrest for six armed robberies, including three at local credit unions.

WASHINGTON – The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday filed suit against Wyndham Hotels, claiming the hotel and timeshare company’s failure to establish standard security measures led to three data breaches at its hotels in less than two years, exposing as many as 670,000 credit cards to hackers.

WASHINGTON – The Senate’s plans to vote as soon as today a bipartisan, credit union-backed bill to reauthorize the federally subsidized flood insurance program for another five years could be held up indefinitely while Senate leaders deal with an attempt by one Republican to add an anti-abortion provision to the bill.

PHILADELPHIA – A local woman was charged with a sophisticated auto loan fraud that allowed her to obtain $536,000 from five area credit unions and one bank: Police and Fire FCU, Philadelphia FCU, American Heritage FCU, Freedom FCU, Navy FCU and Susquehanna Bank, authorities announced this morning.