GROTON, Conn. – Charter Oak FCU was approved as a provider of U.S. Small Business Administration loans as of Jan. 31.

ROCKFORD, Ill. – The Faith Center, which launched a $7.5-million expansion in 2007, has filed for bankruptcy protection, the latest in a growing list of troubled church borrowers from Evangelical Christian CU.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Pentagon FCU has introduced another rewards credit card, the PenFed Platinum Rewards Card, which offers cardholders the opportunity to earn five points per dollar spent on gas purchases, three points per dollar spent on supermarket purchases, and one point per dollar spent on all other purchases.

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – Genisys CU has contracted with EasCorp FCU’s Vertifi Software to offer its DeposZip Mobile remote deposit capture to its members.

CHELSEA, Mass. – Metro CU has joined five other Chelsea-based organizations to launch CONNECT, a new initiative to bring bundled financial stability services to the city’s low-income residents from a central location.

ST. LOUIS – Missouri Corporate CU has signed with Lendingtools.com to offer the company’s ACH services.

WASHINGTON – The Senate Banking Committee called on officials at NCUA and the banking regulators to conduct internal reviews on the application of their own standards during examinations.

WASHINGTON – A group of former CUNA Mutual employees on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court decision that said the credit union insurer was within its rights to cancel payments on retirees’ healthcare costs.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – A local bank opened its first on-campus branch here yesterday after the University of Iowa and University of Iowa Community CU ended a five-year partnership.

LENEXA, Kan. – CommunityAmerica CU celebrated Valentine’s Day today with a $1 million kiss—a special dividend.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – First Financial CU says it is phasing out its traditional ATM cards in favor of debit/credit cards, one of the fall-outs of the Durbin amendment to the Dodd-Frank bill.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Fidelity National Information Services reported fourth quarter net income of $117 million, up 7% from a year ago.

NEW YORK – ACI Worldwide on Monday said it has accepted all of the shares of S1 Corp. tendered to it and is poised to complete its acquisition of the provider of back-office services to credit unions and banks.

NORTH CANTON, Ohio – Diebold moved back into the black in the fourth quarter amid strong sales for its advanced ATM technology.

WICHITA, Kan. – A 52-year-old woman was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison for an armed robbery of $15,520 from Telephone Employees CU in April 2009.

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Commonwealth CU has joined the Credit Union 24 ATM/POS network.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – Tinker FCU paid $5.2 million for 57,000 square feet of office space in south Oklahoma City to allow for growth of operations.

SAN DIEGO – Cabrillo CU is the first PSCU Financial Services customer to interface with Corelation’s new open-API KeyStone core processing system.

WARRENVILLE, Ill. – Alloya Corporate FCU said it is moving its ACH services from U.S. Central to Fundtech, the latest corporate to do so.

PORTLAND, Ore. – The Oregon Bankers Association has registered its opposition to Portland Mayor Sam Adams’ proposal to move more of the city’s funds to small banks and credit unions, telling the mayor credit unions were designed by Congress to serve consumers with “modest means,” not local governments or small businesses.