INDIANAPOLIS – Eli Lilly FCU on Tuesday said it bought back its $20-million Visa cards portfolio from Bank of America’s FIA Services unit and will have the 6,500 accounts serviced by credit union-owned The Members Group.

CLEVELAND – NCUA filed suit yesterday against a leading Cleveland developer and his partner to recover almost $19 million in fraudulent loans they obtained through St. Paul Croatian FCU, the biggest credit union fraud ever.

FAIRFAX, Va. – Apple FCU is mourning the death of Virgil Harris, Jr., who died recently at 81, shortly after attending a final board meeting and ending 55 years service to the credit union.

ROCKVILLE, Md. – National Institutes of Health FCU has become one of the first lenders to implement Mortgagebot’s new consumer lending module to its PowerSite integrated point-of-sale solution.

OMAHA – Centris FCU announced this morning it is rolling out eight Nexxo Financial Corp. kiosks that will offer a menu of services to low-income consumers, including check cashing, money orders, pre-paid card loading, bill payment, money orders, and cash withdrawal--the first financial institution to launch the new service.

AVON, Conn. – COCC, a cooperative that provides core technology services, said it is paying a “product and services credit” to client CUs of $755,000.

LIVERPOOL, N.Y. – Liverpool Central Schools FCU has changed its name to Edge FCU.

LAS VEGAS – One Nevada CU has introduced mobile remote deposit capture, which allows members to take a photo of a check and deposit it using an Apple iPhone or iPad or Google Android mobile device.

ORLANDO, Fla. – State regulators have approved an application from Insight CU to add 250,000 people in six small Florida counties to its field of membership: Dixie, Levy, Gilchrist, Columbia and Suwanee.

CHANTILLY, Va. – Justice FCU has selected NeighborBench, a cloud-based platform that connects credit unions with a team of compliance experts, to help simplify compliance.

TAMPA, Fla. – Grow Financial FCU said it has installed Dell enterprise technology to enable its members to make smart, timely financial decisions.

VACAVILLE, Calif. – Travis CU has begun what it calls an industry first – a cultural immersion training exercise meant to increase employees’ level of service for Hispanic members.

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

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – NCUA on Monday announced it lowered the rates on its community development loans to just 0.4%, from an already-low 1%, to entice lending in its moribund Community Development Revolving Loan Fund.

PHOENIX – Yesterday’s scheduled sentencing of William Liddle for his role in the AEA FCU MBL fraud has been delayed after Liddle was stabbed in his own back yard.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Credit union CFOs are being cautioned by one person that their risk models may be underestimating a pending threat.

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – As new funds continue to flood into credit unions some credit unions are opting for unusual ways to retain their capital levels, but what Star Choice CU is doing to discourage big inflows is unusual – cutting off interest to large money market depositors.

SAN DIEGO -- A former San Diego police officer was convicted this afternoon for destroying a $700,000 home he and his wife had borrowed for from San Diego Metropolitan CU after the credit union took it over in foreclosure.

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Credit Union Journal is now accepting entries for its 2012 Best Practices Awards.