ALEXANDRIA, Va. – NCUA announced it banned James Talbert, director at D.C. Government Employees FCU, from the credit union industry for disclosing publicly the credit union’s CAMEL rating last year after its president and CEO Carla Decker was nominated to serve on the NCUA Board.

WORCESTER, Mass. – Webster FCU, fresh off two Boston-area mergers, announced this morning a deal for Filene FCU, one of the oldest credit unions in Boston that served the famous retail chain once run by credit union pioneer Edward Filene.

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.

OREM, Utah – A 16-year-old male who took his mom’s car and held up branches of America First CU and Central Bank within 20 minutes last month, avoided being prosecuted as an adult Monday when he pleaded guilty to the two armed robberies.

PARAMUS, N.J. – Greater Alliance FCU opened Bergen County’s first student-run credit union branch at Paramus High School last week.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – UT FCU has hired Chase Headley, a baseball player with the San Diego Padres and before that the University of Tennessee Volunteers, as “Spokeshero” for its youth Smokey Savers Club.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Insight CU has applied to state regulators to expand its field of membership to add 250,000 residents in five new counties adjacent to its current FOM: Dixie, Levy, Gilchrist, Columbia and Suwanee.

PLANO, Texas – Credit Union of Texas is joining with the city of Plano to provide low-rate loans to finance energy efficiency upgrades.

PANAMA CITY, Fla. – Tyndall FCU has deployed a browser- and device-autonomous version of Integrated Media Management’s TotaleAtlasWeb, allowing members to sign electronic loan and deposit documents remotely via the Web across various desktop and mobile platforms, regardless of browser selection.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. – CO-OP Financial Services has expanded availability of its My Deposit Mobile check deposit to include Android smart phones.

BURTON, Mich. – ELGA CU recalled about 450 Visa cards and discovered thousands of dollars in fraudulent transactions after being notified by the card company they may have been compromised.

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Altura CU, in the midst of a financial turnaround, is reopening a branch in Murrieta, one of four closed last year to help the troubled credit union slash expenses.

WASHINGTON – The Treasury Department announced it finished selling $225 billion worth of mortgage backed securities issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from banks and credit unions – and earned $25 billion on the program.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Turns out that ATM was a cash machine; as a lucky member of CommonWealth One FCU took out $40 and won the $10,000 grand prize Big Money Madness sweepstakes just by using an Allpoint Network ATM.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – PSCU, the former PSCU Financial Services, is partnering with the CU Association of New Mexico to offer a reloadable prepaid Visa card for teens, the two groups announced this morning.

PHOENIX – Federal prosecutors rejected NCUA’s pleas for a strict sentence for a leading participant in the member business loans fraud at Yuma’s AEA FCU and yesterday recommended a more lenient term of less than a year behind bars.

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.

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – Genisys CU is donating $10,000 from its Casual Fund to several charities benefiting Michigan communities.

TROY, Mo. – The Troy Board of Aldermen has agreed to sell the former city hall building on Main Street to United CU.

TONAWANDA, N.Y. – A former teller at Morton R. Lane State University FCU will avoid jail time for stealing $40,000 from the credit union after she agreed to pay back the money in exchange for probation.