OMAHA, Neb. – Omaha FCU has renovated its headquarters and will hold a “grand reopening” May 25.

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. – Bellco CU has introduced a Max Checking account, offering members a variety of benefits and ways to save money.

BROWNSTOWN, Mich. – Advantage One FCU has launched a new feature of its Premium Perks Rewards Program, called My Value Center, which provides online coupons and discounts as rewards.

CLEVELAND – A former Trumbull County commissioner has pleaded guilty to helping arrange millions of dollars in fraudulent member business loans from St. Paul Croatian FCU, a one-time $240-million credit union that failed in 2010.

FORT WORTH, Texas – American Airlines FCU has signed with MeridianLink to begin using its LoansPQ and XpressAccount web-based lending systems by the end of 2012.

WASHINGTON – Rates on fixed-rate mortgages hit record lows again this week, with the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaging 3.83%, according to Freddie Mac.

WASHINGTON – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said it plans to introduce new regulations that would ban origination fees that vary with the size of the loan, known as “origination points,” or limit the use of “discount points,” which are supposed to result in lower interest rates.

WASHINGTON – Freddie Mac, the troubled mortgage giant under federal conservatorship since 2008, this afternoon named Donald Layton, an ex-JP Morgan banker and the former chief executive of brokerage firm E*Trade Financial Corp., as it next CEO.

ROCKVILLE, Md. – Branchless-Realtors FCU, billed as the first virtual credit union when it was chartered by the National Association of REALTORS three years ago, is throwing in the towel and plans to merge into Northwest FCU, the $2.2 billion credit union in nearby Herndon, Va.

LAKELAND, Fla. – A state appeals court affirmed a lower court ruling yesterday allowing NCUA to foreclose on 17 homes funded by the failed Michigan credit union Huron River Area FCU in two south Florida developments financed through a get-rich-quick scheme known as Millionaire University.

ANAHEIM, Calif. – A young man who often carried a snowboard under his arm while he robbed area credit unions and banks was charged Tuesday with 10 Orange County armed robberies—including two at SchoolsFirst FCU branches--and two attempted robberies

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Guardian CU has opened its first branch outside of the Montgomery/Prattville area, in Tallahassee, Ala.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – 3Rivers FCU has signed with CUSO Financial Services to offer the company’s dual program.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Campus USA has signed with Geezeo to implement the company’s white label personal financial management solution and engagement banking platform.

FORT WORTH, Texas – American Airlines FCU has contracted with DocuSign to begin using the company’s new Web document delivery system.

FITCHBURG, Mass. – Workers’ CU has added an iPad app to its electronic banking services.

NEW YORK – United Nations FCU said yesterday its UNFCU Financial Advisors CUSO will offer private unemployment insurance to help supplement state unemployment benefits for those who have lost their jobs.

LAKELAND, Fla. -- MidFlorida FCU has canceled plans to restore the 93-year-old federal building in downtown Lakeland, saying the project became too complicated and expensive.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Representatives of Navy FCU and Visa will join NFL stars Matthew Stafford and London Fletcher at the Pentagon today for a showcase of an educational video game called Financial Football before U.S. troops.

WASHINGTON – Credit union executives called on Congress this morning to help them deflect new regulations being drafted by the fledgling Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, saying proposals in the pipeline will add significant costs and manpower burdens.