SAN ANTONIO – Security Service FCU has signed with VSoft Corp. to implement the company’s back counter capture and ATM remote deposit capture solutions to decrease response times and thus improve employee and member experiences.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – NCUA reported that demand has completely dried up for loans from its community development revolving loan fund, with no loans made from the $17.5 million fund since May 2010, and almost $14 million in available funds going untapped.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – A group of members of New London Security FCU are appealing the dismissal of their suit claiming NCUA is responsible for $4 million in uninsured deposits they lost from the 2008 failure of the $13-million credit union.

CHELSEA, Mass. – Metro CU has signed with Boston Home Center to develop and enhance mortgage programs aimed at placing homeowners in the most sustainable mortgages.

LINCOLN, Neb. – Six Nebraska credit unions have introduced a new alternative payday loan product charging 18% APR for 60-day loans up to $500.

WALL STREET – In joining the growing move to “Occupy Wall Street,” Lower East Side People’s FCU is finding it hard to avoid offending at least one powerful ally: giant investment bank Goldman Sachs, the credit union’s sometime patron and partner which is a major target of the protestors.

WARMINISTER, Penn. – Freedom CU last week announced an alternative to new debit fees – the $500-million credit union said it will be paying $5 each month a member makes a purchase with his or her debit card.

SIDEBARTUKWILA, Wash.-Among the most interesting trends in the volume of new memberships being experienced by BECU is that more accounts are being opened online than in-branch.

WASHINGTON – President Obama last night nominated Carla Leon-Decker, the president of $48 million District Government Employees FCU, to sit on the three-member NCUA Board.

SALT LAKE CITY – A former employee at Intermountain CU on Thursday was charged in a federal indictment with embezzling $152,000 from the branch where she worked.

SAN DIEGO – A finely attired man suspected of committing 10 San Diego-area robberies – including four at credit unions – was arrested on Wednesday.

EUREKA, Calif. – Coast Central CU has awarded five community grants totaling $50,000 as part of its annual Community Investment Program.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – Post Community CU has received approval from state regulators to add four counties and almost 500,000 people in them to its field of membership: Eaton, Kalamazoo, St. Joseph and Van Buren.

LITTLETON, Colo. – Colorado CU has applied to state regulators to convert to a community charter serving 500,000 residents of surrounding Adams County.

FAIRFAX, Va. – Apple FCU on Thursday said it signed an extension of its card servicing agreement with PSCU Financial Services through 2014.

SALEM, Ore. – In honor of International Credit Union Day, Maps CU paid off the $7,500 balance on an auto loan by two of its members.

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. – Horizons FCU has signed with Manley’s Mighty Mart to offer credit union members access to the convenience chain’s 23 ATMs.

MARIETTA, Ga. – LGE Community CU has introduced a card customization service, “Design Your Own Card,” powered by the technology of Serverside Group.

MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich. – Three masked men were chased through the nearby woods and arrested after their attempt to rob a Family Services CU branch was foiled yesterday morning.

HOUSTON – Local credit unions celebrated International CU Day by kicking off a new campaign to attract bank customers angered by growing fees with an advertising promotion called “Nickel-&-Dimed by Fees.”