Western Union last week announced the release of an enhancement to its Speedpay electronic bill payment service that allows billers to receive electronic bills through smartphones and mobile devices and consumers to pay their bills directly from their mobile devices with just one click.

Sunkist Employees FCU with fewer than 1,000 members is getting help in adding more services, thanks to a pilot program being championed by CU*Northwest.

CONSUMER GROUPS TO FIGHT

Spangler Succeeds Baker As CEO

NCUA board level about changes in policies, procedures and practices doesn't ever seem to reach the examiner level.

The loan servicing industry is due for a shake up, starting with the widely held myth by such entities that they are payment processors.

Type "security breach" into Google just about any day of the week and you'll see a variety of different companies suffering from small to large data breaches.

LIVONIA, Mich. – The Michigan CU League announced a deal this morning between its CU Solutions Group CUSO and Gas Station TV that will allow credit unions to advertise at the pump at local gas stations near their branches.

COEUR d’ALENE, Idaho -- A woman was sentenced last week to serve four years in prison for an identity theft and bank fraud scheme that netted $37,790 from area banks and credit unions.

BREMERTON, Wash. – Kitsap CU will pick up two new branches with a deal to acquire Quimper Community FCU, a $47 million credit union in nearby Port Townsend.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Credit unions are teaming up with local businesses to boost foot traffic with spontaneous calls invitations to invade a small business and spend money, a practice becoming known as “cash mobs.”

BIDDEFORD, Me. – Ocean Communities FCU announced that Judy Morin, its vice president of financial services, has been named CEO of the $140 million credit union.

DETROIT – Two members of an African-American motorcycle gang were sentenced Friday for their roles in the 2001 robbery of $204,000 and death of a security guard at Dearborn FCU, now known as DFCU Financial.

LAKE JAKSON, Texas – Texas Dow Employees CU announced Friday its majority-owned CUSO Century Oaks Title has acquired title company Texas Title Co., with locations in Port Lavaca and Victoria.

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Navy FCU will open its first new branch of the year this morning outside March Air Reserve Base, the fifth Navy Federal branch in Riverside County.

KANSAS CITY -- The Kansas City CU will open two new branches later in the summer, giving the $102 million credit union five locations overall.

MADISON, Wis. – A new study released Friday by the Filene Research Institute challenges the flood of credit union spending in recent years on new branches, concluding the proliferation of new delivery channels has made traditional brick and mortar an expensive, and in many cases, an unnecessary option.

OVERTON, Nev. – Utah’s America First CU said it has been approved to acquire Moapa Valley CU, a one-time $76 million credit union with less than 3% net worth and $1.6 million of losses for the first quarter of 2012.

As Pennsylvania State Employees CU stood up to and stopped the efforts of one "ATM vigilante," two West Virginia CUs settled with another.

It appears that consumers are still working hard to repair their personal balance sheets, as more Americans are paying their credit card bills on time as well carrying less of a balance.