LIVONIA, Mich. – The Michigan CU League said this morning it has struck a deal with Gas Station TV to sell video ads to local credit unions across the country on-screen at the gas pumps.

CHICAGO – Alliant CU announced this morning it signed with LenderLive Network Inc. to provide it with retail mortgage loan fulfillment, including processing, underwriting and closing.

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

RIVERDALE, Utah – Tom Connors, a board member with America First Credit Union here and known to many for his work in the U.S. and international CU community, has died of an apparent heart attack.

TAMPA, Fla. – A federal jury last week convicted a man of robbing a San Antonio Citizens FCU branch last year, a little more than week after he was thwarted in his attempt to rob a local bank.

BETHPAGE, N.Y. – Bethpage FCU has pledged a $100,000 donation to the United Way’s Operation Live United Military Family Assistance Project, which provides Long Island veterans the necessary assistance they need to live, work and raise their families.

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. – River Valley CU announced it is going to close its branch at the Windham Regional Career Center, which it opened to provide financial education.

PASADENA, Calif. – Wescom Central CU said its Wescom Resources Group signed with Online Banking Solutions to offer the company’s OBS Messenger Financial Center to credit unions.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The League of Southeastern CUs has rolled out the second run of on air and Internet spots for its $1.2-million advertising campaign, built around the tagline “Credit Unions: we’re giving banking a better name.”

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. – Tropical Financial CU picked five members from a cast of 100 who auditioned on camera to appear in broadcast, electronic and print media as the faces of the $600-million credit union.

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Polish & Slavic FCU celebrated its 35 anniversary by rewarding its most loyal members a variety of prizes – ranging from a new Ford Escape SUV to flat screen HD televisions.

WASHINGTON – The House Financial Institutions Committee on Wednesday is widely expected to endorse a bill that would cut down the growing number of class action suits against credit unions and banks by eliminating one of the two disclosures on fees charged non-members required at ATMs.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The epidemic of overdraft suits continued to spread through credit unions, with at least two more credit unions targeted by member class actions claiming the credit unions engage in unfair business practices by ordering debit card transactions by size, rather than by the date they are conducted.

RICHMOND, Va. – Entrust Financial CU is introducing a “Banking With a Higher Purpose” campaign today over local TV and radio to emphasize a personal touch that will provide all new accountholders with their own member service rep for the first 90 days.

A new product from the clearXchange joint venture of Wells Fargo, Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase may rattle the highly competitive person-to-person payments market.

CUNA is readying a "credit union vision" it hopes will take the movement to $2.5 trillion in assets in 10 years. It's an audacious goal for credit unions, which just hit the $1 trillion in assets threshold after more than a century of operation.

Pennsylvania State Employees CU is trying to turn the tide against the so-called ATM vigilantes.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.-Credit Union Journal is now accepting entries for its 2012 Best Practices Awards.

Changes in consumer spending behavior and payment card usage demand FIs carefully segment their credit and debit strategies to grow revenue in the coming years.

The two major credit union trade associations expressed significant concerns with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new Consumer Complaint Database on credit cards.