LEOMINSTER, Mass. – Leominster CU on Thursday gave the Doyle Field Foundation a $50,000 commitment to help renovate the park’s baseball field.

BELLEVILLE, Ill. – Two robbers, a married couple, turned themselves in to authorities before they left the Scott CU branch they had just robbed, according to Belleville police.

CHICAGO – The future of the branch office continues to be a matter of divided debate, as was made clear during a Colloquium here sponsored by the Filene Research Institute.

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – Northeast CU is launching the SaveUp pilot program, a free rewards program for saving money and reducing debt, which rewards people with prizes for engaging in positive financial activities.

VENTURA, Calif. – Ventura County CU plans to help members refinance loans and seek lower-cost solutions in a goal to save members $5 million in 2012.

WASHINGTON – Following in the footsteps of successful class action suits against banks on overdraft fees, a non-profit group is targeting credit unions around the country for similar suits.

WALL STREET – Fitch Ratings yesterday issued an unusual caution on congressional efforts aimed at lifting the cap on member business loans.

New CEOs step in as old CEOs retire.

A list of the "Texas 12".

Despite a loss of $1.8 million last year and an increase in loan charge-offs–after launching a credit union for Realtors during the mortgage crisis and a CEO shake-up–REALTORS FCU is here to stay.

SEATTLE – An angry ATM customer who has been suing credit unions and banks across the country the past three years over fee disclosures has struck again, filing suit yesterday against Bellingham’s North Coast CU for allegedly failing to post on the outside of the machine fees charged to non-customers.

Merger Solutions Group has introduced a blog that covers both bank and credit union industry mergers, and mergers between institutions on both sides.

Miriam De Dios of Coopera offered these additional strategies for an effective program for effectively working with the Hispanic market.

The Navy Federal Credit Union was recently named to Fortune Magazine's "Top 100 Companies To Work For" list. The key to winning that honor is keeping employees happy.

The statistics for the Navu Federal Credit Union are unlike any other credit union.

NCUA's National Training Conference will roll out the agency's new national supervision policy manual, and the agency expects it-along with meeting sessions-will reduce CU reports of examiner inconsistency.

MONROE, Mich. -- Monroe County Community CU is partnering with Habitat for Humanity of Monroe County on a project to build new homes in a foreclosed subdivision, the local Habitat chapter’s first such project.

BALTIMORE – Horsetail Technologies and Credit Union Journal have partnered to make an extraordinary offer that will result in one credit union receiving a $100,000 Extreme Network Makeover.

CINCINNATI – Emery FCU said its Emery Community Foundation donated $13,290 to the Shriners Hospital for Children.

CINCINNATI – Vantiv, the card processing giant, said it raised $535 million from last month’s initial public offering.