LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles FCU has rolled out a new multi-media ad and social media campaign focusing on the diversity of Angelenos and the 75-year-old credit union’s local roots.

PITTSBURGH – A man who shot a Westmoreland Community FCU teller during a January 2010 robbery was sentenced yesterday to 25 years behind bars.

WASHINGTON – Critics are raising questions about last week’s presidential nomination to the NCUA Board of Washington, D.C., credit union CEO Carla Leon-Decker, who would be the second former credit union executive to be sitting on the three-member panel.

APPLE VALLEY, Minn. – Wings Financial CU, Minnesota’s biggest credit union, is the latest credit union giant to look to Chicago’s Alliant CU for a new chief executive, naming Frank Weidner, senior vice president for member services at Alliant as president of the $3.2 billion credit union.

WASHINGTON – A bill introduced in Congress would make it easier to transfer bank or credit union accounts by allowing consumers to use the same account number—just like when you switch cell phone carriers.

CHICAGO – Southwest Chicago Chapter CU has signed with Credit Union Centers to become a member of the Indianapolis group’s shared branch network, which include 4,400 branches nationwide, including 275 in Illinois and Indiana.

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. – GHS FCU is building a new branch in nearby Norwich in the old Byrne Dairy building.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Jefferson County Employees CU has dropped the county employees from its name and now is known as Jefferson CU to reflect a broader field of membership.

FLINT, Mich. – Security CU said its president and CEO Terry Pierce is retiring Nov. 1 after 33 years with the now $360-million credit union, the past 28 as CEO.

PLEASANTON, Calif. – 1st United Services FCU has contracted with Geezeo for the company’s Referral Engine.

DALLAS – City CU has implemented a variety of human resources services from The Team Solution.

FORT WORTH, Texas – Fort Worth Community CU has signed a single-sourced processing, card production and card management contract with Vantiv.

PHILADELPHIA – American Heritage FCU is now offering new members up to $130 to join the credit union in November and open a checking account with direct deposit of net pay, a no-fee debit card, onLine bill payer and e-statements.

PARCHMENT, Mich. – First Community FCU said it will return an estimated $200,000 to members as part of a three-month debit card campaign called “Skip the Fee, Swipe for FREE.”

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Credit unions across the country are plunging into the red, trimming healthy net incomes or just staying above water as a result of NCUA’s corporate credit union assessment.

NCUA Freezes Union Pay

MADISON, Wis. – A new study probes why some credit unions have excelled at lending during a period when most CUs have seen the loan portfolios shrink.

MINNEAPOLIS – A man who drove the getaway car after a Dec. 16, 2010, robbery at Affinity Plus FCU on the Minnesota State University campus in Mankato was sentenced to 97 months behind bars for his role.

MOULTRIE, Ga. – A former manager at Colquitt County Teachers FCU last week was sentenced to six months in jail for embezzling $50,000 from the credit union.

WATERFORD, Mich. – Members and employees of Oakland County CU raised more than $12,000 for the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network during the Oct. 9 Purple Stride Walk at the Detroit Zoo.