PLAQUEMINE, La. – Dow Louisiana FCU announced this morning the hiring of Richard Williams, CEO of $360 million Securityplus FCU, in Baltimore, to head the $250 million credit union.

PHILADELPHIA – In an unusual dual ruling, a federal judge Friday dismissed a suit brought by a non-customer of Philadelphia FCU claiming the credit union violated the fee disclosures requirements of the Electronic Funds Transfer Act and the handicapped provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act.

MONTCLAIR, N.J. – John McBryan, Jr., the president of $7 million Montclair Postal Employees CU, died May 31 at 73 after a brief illness.

BILOXI, Miss. – Keesler FCU has signed with Vertifi Software to offer DeposZip Mobile remote deposit capture service to members.

MANSFIELD, Texas – Texas Trust CU has purchased a two-building, 78,660-square-foot office complex in nearby Arlington.

HOUSTON – Plus4 CU has signed with Corelation to use the company’s KeyStone core processing system.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Members Heritage CU has selected Harland Financial Solutiuons’ UltraData Enterprise Core processing solution.

BELLEVUE, Neb. – SAC FCU, Nebraska’s largest credit union, said has signed to convert to Fiserv’s Acumen core processing system.

EVERETT, Wash. – Alaska USA FCU opened a new branch inside the Silverlake Safeway, its fourth opening in Washington so far this year.

MADISON, Wis. – Summit CU has chosen four local families to compete for a $10,000 prize in its fourth annual Project Money savings contest.

PARKERSBURG, Md. – Rapid settlements between two local credit unions and a Michigan retiree who has sued 37 credit unions and banks over the ATM disclosures the Electronic Funds Transfer Act earned the so-called ATM vigilante small cash settlements, according to individuals familiar with the cases.

DETROIT – A retired auto worker is scheduled to be sentenced next week for tapping Bank of America ATMs for $1.5 million he gambled away at local casinos after a glitch at the banking giant allowed him access to unlimited funds.

SPOKANE, Wash. – Numerica CU is one of the first financial institutions to implement Shastic’s Calcubot, the first lead-generation loan calculator designed for Facebook.

America's First FCU has found a formula for producing some of the most effective and memorable TV spots of any CU in the country, attributing part of the success to the childhood of Paul Crawford, president of agency Scout Branding.

PHOENIX-Arizona State CU's "I Don't Bank, I Credit Union" award-winning ad campaign is getting the word out on the credit union difference.

While credit unions in the ultra-competitive San Diego market struggle with their own competitive challenges, banks elsewhere across the country are struggling with their own challenges.

A statute long relegated to the environmental regulatory landscape is transforming the way consumer financial regulations are implemented.

Writeoffs of credit card loans have already plunged below levels that issuers consider sustainable. Continued improvement in delinquencies points to a further dip in loss rates in the months ahead.

HERNDON, Va.-One Northwest FCU member took the old saw about a penny saved being a penny earned literally, to the tune of $7,124.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.-A brand-new resource to assist credit unions in growing and serving members is now available: CUllaborationNation.com.