ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The NCUA board will hold its first meeting of 2012 when it meets this Friday at the agency’s headquarters.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – CommonWealth One FCU here has launched a “Member Showroom Auto Buying Service.”

PENSACOLA, Fla. – Navy FCU and Pen Air FCU are partnering to finance a $13.2-million hotel project at Pensacola International Airport here.

BASKING RIDGE, N.J. – In what has become one of the shortest-lived proposed fees, Verizon canceled a $2 "convenience fee" for every one-time online or phone payment customers make, less than 24 hours after it was announced.

SAUGATUCK, Mich. – Another analysis is suggesting that there is a measurable pickup in consumer spending.

WILMINGTON, Del. – A lawsuit that is some two decades old and which has its roots in the savings and loan crisis of the late 1980s has apparently come to the end, after a judge signed off on a deal in which Washington Mutual Inc. will collect $50 million from the federal government.

NEW YORK – Some analysts are forecasting that the mortgage market will change dramatically in 2012 as the largest banks cede portions of the loan origination market to smaller lenders.

FORT WORTH, Texas – A sheriff’s deputy was seriously injured and hospitalized after his throat was slashed during a robbery of a branch of Fort Worth Community Credit Union here over the weekend.

SEATTLE-The benefits of the consumer sentiment that led to Bank Transfer Day continue to be felt at $9.6-billion BECU-including a 74% year-over-year increase in November over one year earlier.

ARLINGTON, Va.-In the wake of Bank Transfer Day, a survey by NAFCU finds CUs reporting they are instituting tactics to sustain membership growth, including marketing campaigns focusing on the advantages of credit unions over banks, auto loan promotions, and holiday loan rates.

SACRAMENTO, Calif.-Foreclosure legislation continues to be the hot topic here in the Golden State's capital.

SAN FRANCISCO-Will some of the additional risks taken during 2011 to get additional loan dollars come back to haunt in 2012?

Catalyst Says It's Prepared To Fill Payments Void

WASHINGTON-The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau may be one of the biggest question marks hanging over the compliance landscape in 2012, but one person is urging CUs to breathe easy.

RALEIGH, N.C.-As Coastal FCU members ring in the New Year, they can also toast the fact that the CU has completed its deployment of video tellers, allowing it to serve members from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. seven days per week.

ONTARIO, Calif.-CURoots Cooperative-a CUSO launched in 2010 by several credit unions and the California and Nevada CU Leagues as part of an effort to use collaboration to reduce back-office costs-will be unveiling new products and services in 2012.

Home Prices Fall As Five

MADISON, Wis.-The U.S. economy improved somewhat in 2011, but according to Dave Colby the global economy is a "little bit more risky" as the calendar turns to a new year.

ONTARIO, Calif.-California is seeing solid signs of recovery from the economic downturn-especially along its coastal regions-but Nevada is "still struggling."

SAN DIEGO-As the U.S. economy enters 2012, an "Age of Anxiety" continues to undermine confidence. But one person believes credit unions can capitalize on the uneasiness.