TACOMA, Wash. – KBR CU has implemented Sharetec’s core processing system.

ABERDEEN, Wash. – Great NorthWest FCU has signed with eDOC Innovations to implement the company’s ProDoc Receipts for electronic receipt processing.

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. – Bellco CU has launched CO-OP Financial Services’ My Deposit remote check deposit for iPhone and Android phones.

LAKE MARY, Fla. – CFE FCU said its recent car sale at the Central Florida Fairgrounds in Orlando produced more than $2.7 million in new loans, about three times as much as previous tent sales.

NEWARK, Del. – Student loan giant Sallie Mae reported a 36% decline in first quarter earnings yesterday, to $112 million, even as it’s growing private loan business rose by 23%, to $1.2 billion.

ATLANTA – Credit bureau Equifax rolled out a new data mining product yesterday called B2B Marketing Compass, a marketing analytics system that allows organizations to define the ideal customer profile and identify hidden market and wallet share.

SAN DIEGO – In the latest dust-up over new financial technology, Mitek Systems responded to a patent infringement suit filed against it by USAA over remote deposit capture technology by filing its own patent suit against the Texas insurance company.

WASHINGTON – In a major setback for credit unions and banks, the Internal Revenue Service approved new rules that require depositories to report interest payments to nonresident aliens, starting in 2013.

WASHINGTON – The new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau put banks, credit unions and other lenders on notice this afternoon that it is stepping up enforcement of anti-discrimination laws.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Pentagon FCU is shopping for credit card holders with outstanding balances at other issuers by offering a 4.99% rate on all balance transfers through June 30--for the life of the balance.

BROCKTON, Mass. – HarborOne CU has contributed $14,500 to four area nonprofits.

CARMEL, Ind.--Allied Solutions has introduced a new interactive marketing platform called iSolutions it said is designed to help credit unions communicate competitive advantages to their membership and further drive increases in loan volume, portfolio yield, and fee revenue.

TAMPA, Fla. – USF FCU, which serves the University of South Florida, recently worked with USF Health to place an ATM in the hospital’s new downtown medical research center--the Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation.

FAIRBORN, Ohio – Wright-Patt CU has signed with TRC Interactive to deliver the company’s First Line of Defense – Fraud Detection and Loss Prevention Challenge, an online exercise to keep staff focused on the latest frauds.

SAN DIEGO – North Island CU has installed Violin Memory’s scalable flash Memory Arrays, to accelerate data processing, providing faster and more efficient services to its members.

TAMPA, Fla. – Grow Financial FCU has selected Attunity’s managed file transfer solution (formerly known as RepliWeb-MFT), to automate and secure the process of transferring files.

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. – South Carolina FCU said yesterday its CU Benefits Solutions CUSO is partnering with Innova Plan Strategies of Charlotte, N.C., to help credit unions and other businesses develop and structure employee benefits, like health and dental and retirement planning.

NORFOLK, Va. – A member of NAE FCU who enlisted in the Army after the credit union financed his pick-up truck is suing the credit union in federal court here for allegedly violating the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act by failing to reduce the terms of his loan and repossessing his vehicle.

DRACUT, Mass. – Hundreds of residents were treated to Dunkin Donuts as part of random acts of kindness performed by employees of Jeanne D’Arc CU last week to celebrate the credit union’s 100h anniversary.

LOS ANGELES – In what is expected to be the start of a new spate of consumer lawsuits against credit unions, a member of Xceed Financial FCU is claiming the credit union engaged in deceptive and unfair practices by re-sequencing his debit transactions in order to create overdrafts in his accounts.