APPLE VALLEY, Minn. – Wings Financial CU was named the official credit union of the Professional Aviation Maintenance Association and will offer members of the group a full range of financial products and services.

WASHINGTON – CUNA Mutual Group on Tuesday announced plans for a CyberRisk Hub aimed at responding to data breaches before and after they occur.

WASHINGTON – The National Federation of Community Development CUs yesterday said Pamela Owens, its director of education and training as a 13-year employee at the Federation, will serve as interim CEO following the departure of Cliff Rosenthal to Washington.

WASHINGTON – The CUNA Board elected Mike Mercer, the well-respected president of Georgia CU Affiliates, as chairman, once again giving the gavel to a league president.

WASHINGTON – The National CU Foundation, taking a page from past years when special credit union programs were celebrated, honored the Michigan CU League’s Invest In America member discount program with an annual Herb Wegner Memorial Award before 900 diners Monday night.

WASHINGTON – The 1,000 bankers gathered to lobby against the pending credit union bill have a new reason for their antipathy toward their credit union competitors – the fact they all are paying the city’s 14.5% hotel tax during their stay here while credit union executives meeting down the street for CUNA’s GAC are not.

WASHINGTON – As it ramped up efforts to get a vote on the member business loan bill over the last month, CUNA was pouring tens of thousands of PAC contributions into a variety of innocuous-sounding political action committees most people probably never heard of: South Dakota First PAC, AmeriPAC, Growth and Prosperity PAC and Road to Freedom PAC.

WASHINGTON – More than 1,000 bankers are massing on Capitol Hill today seeking to, among other things, block a vote by Congress on the bill to raise the limit on member business loans for credit unions.

PALO ALTO, Calif. – Stanford FCU said last night it will donate $2 million to help pay for the 823,000-square-foot expansion of Stanford University Medical Center, the biggest credit union charitable gift ever.

BROCKTON, Mass. – Crescent CU won a $67,676 training grant from the Massachusetts Workforce Training Fund.

NEW ORLEANS – Greater New Orleans FCU signed with Geezeo to provide it with the company’s personal financial management and Web-based marketing platform.

PLANO, Texas – Catalyst Corporate on Monday said it has expanded its deal with Bluepoint Solutions and now will offer the company’s teller capture and mobile deposit applications to its 1,000 credit union members.

DENVER – Bellco CU unveiled a new look and also a new rewards program for its Visa Platinum Rewards Credit Card to celebrate the active Colorado lifestyle featuring outdoor images captured by local Colorado photographers.

MANSFIELD, Texas – Texas Trust CU has signed with VSoft for the company’s branch item capture, home office capture and ATM image processing solutions.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Alabama Telco CU said it has teamed with First Data Corp. to provide merchant services for point-of-sale payment solutions, terminals, loyalty programs, gift cards and payroll cards.

GARDENA, Calif. – Northrop Grumman FCU has selected the Acumen account processing solution from Fiserv with in-house delivery.

WASHINGTON – CUNA and its state leagues plan to raise $600,000 so credit union volunteers can build special interactive playgrounds at local children’s hospitals during this summer’s Republican and Democratic National Conventions.

WASHINGTON – CUNA on Monday said a $1.2 million charge mostly to wind down its defined benefits retirement plan ate into its bottom line and helped produce a $400,000 net for 2011, down from a $2.2 million net for 2010.

WASHINGTON – Credit unions leaders opened CUNA’s Government Affairs Conference celebrating last year’s return to health for the industry and a deluge of new members – thanks to last fall’s Bank Transfer Day movement.

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – Pacific Crest FCU announced this afternoon it is acquiring two California branches from ailing PremierWest Bancorp.