WATERLOO, Iowa – Veridian CU announced this morning it signed with Western Union to offer members global money-transfer and expedited bill payment services across all of the $2.2 billion credit union’s 26 Iowa branches.

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

DALEVILLE, Ala. – Army Aviation Center FCU donated almost $12,800 to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation after a company-wide fundraising campaign in April and May.

RALEIGH, N.C. – State Employees’ CU donated $70,000 to the March of Dimes, which was raised during its annual fundraising efforts.

HARRISBURG, Penn. – Warren Evans, who spent 30 years on the board of Pennsylvania State Employees CU, died Sunday at 82.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – 3Rivers FCU unveiled technology at the former Tower Bank branch it is renovating it said is designed to provide easily accessible information, speed up loan applications and eliminate paper.

WOODBRIDGE, Va. – Belvoir FCU has joined with CU Realty Services LLC to use the CUSO’s turnkey, Web-based active lead channel.

EUGENE, Ore. – Oregon Community CU has signed with Online Resources Corp. to extend use of ORCC’s services by implementing the company’s Architect Digital Banking solution.

LOS ANGELES – A settlement conference between NCUA and lawyers for former WesCorp FCU CEO Bob Siravo failed to bear fruit and the sessions ended without a deal, according to sources involved in the negotiations.

MADISON, Wis. – A 19-year-old man was arrested yesterday after he allegedly robbed a Dane County CU branch and was found by a Madison police sergeant behind the building.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – NCUA banned Alexander Flores, a former teller at Capstone FCU from the credit union industry for stealing $72,000 from the credit union.

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

POCATELLO, Idaho – ISU CU gave away three bicycles in honor of Bike to Work month.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s deputies who shot and killed an 18-year-old gunman at a PBC CU in February have been cleared as an investigation determined Chris Thompson of Palm City shot at deputies for the sole purpose of “suicide by cop.”

LEWISTON, Maine – Community CU named Kerry Wood, its executive vice president, as president and CEO of the $45-million credit union.

MIDLAND, Mich. – Members First CU is combining with Central Michigan Community CU of Clare, Mich., to create a $317-million credit union.

CLEARWATER, Fla. – Achieva CU is moving its corporate headquarters from Clearwater to Dunedin this October.

CLEVELAND – Authorities unsealed federal indictments against seven more fraudulent borrowers from St. Paul Croatian FCU, making a total of 26 individuals charged so far in the 2010 failure of the one-time $240-million credit union.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska – A woman pleaded guilty to a driving violation last week for her role in a February drive-through robbery at True North CU after she told police she did not know the friend she drove to the credit union was robbing it.

CLOQUET, Minn. – Northwoods CU has agreed to buy a local branch and its deposits from North Shore Bank of Commerce, the latest credit union deal for bank customers.