ALEXANDRIA, Va. – State credit union regulators urged NCUA today to withdraw its proposal to increase oversight of CUSOs, saying the measure won’t do what it is intended to do and could exceed the federal regulator’s legal authority, thereby inviting a public legal fight.

BALTIMORE – The brother and boyfriend of a women who headed a bank fraud and identity theft scheme that hit as many as two dozen mid-Atlantic credit unions last week was sentenced to two prison terms for the scheme.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – AmeriCU CU is sponsoring the popular “Midnight Madness” for Syracuse University basketball, the first night members of the college team can officially practice together.

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Staff at Michigan State University FCU donated $28,667 to Sparrow Hospice.

WESTBURY, N.Y. – Nassau Educators FCU has selected Trusteer Rapport to protect its members against cybercrime and meet new FFIEC Guidelines for online banking security.

VINELAND, N.J. – Bay Atlantic has contracted with On Your Way to provide it with the company’s Generation Y marketing program.

CHICAGO – Alliant CU has installed DocuSign’s electronic signature solution, which is designed to streamline account opening, loan processing and internal approvals.

WYOMING, Penn. – In response to recent flooding, UFCW FCU is helping its members by giving them flood relief loans at 3% APR.

SAN DIEGO – A finely-coifed robber who favors tailored suits apparently held up a Chase branch here Friday, the 10th area bank or credit union he has hit since May.

NORFOLK, Va. – A former tax accountant on Monday was sentenced to six-and-a-half years behind bars for bilking Navy FCU out of more than $630,000 as part of a car loan scheme.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Adding to the opposition against NCUA’s proposal to require financial reporting from CUSOs, Credit Union 24 is organizing a letter-writing campaign urging withdrawal of the initiative.

LAS VEGAS – With the fate of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac up in the air, credit unions should pool their resources to create an alternative entity that can handle securitization and other functions currently fulfilled by the two government sponsored entities.

ST. PAUL/ MINNEAPOLIS – Wings Financial CU, the state’s largest credit union, took to the air with a new advertising campaign during last night’s premier of ABC’s new series, “Pan Am.”

LAKELAND, Fla.-Members walking into the Lakeland branch of Florida Central CU last month occasionally saw Branch Manager Bill Dodd sitting on a motorcycle in the middle of the lobby.

SAGINAW, Mich.-Training and textbooks have their place in helping a branch manager run the office, but nothing replaces first-hand experience, according to Fran Gibelyou.

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash.-When most branch managers lament their office's access problems, their concerns are generally about a poor location off the main drag or a parking lot too small for the membership.

SCHINNEN, Netherlands-Stranded in the Philippines with no money and needing a way back to his base, one U.S. soldier turned to his credit union while his overseas bank turned its back.

LEBANON, Ore.-Peter Walker believes that being a good branch manager requires making one simple choice each morning.

CINCINNATI-A branch is always more successful when staff take part in goal setting.

LAKE JACKSON, Texas-When you manage a branch with eight drive-through lanes, 12 member service lines and average 55,000 teller transactions a month, it's good to have a background in big-box retail.