MILWAUKEE-A number of high schools in this state have signed on to an online financial education "game" that is being promoted by credit unions.

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-NCUA last week barred Milton Callan, a former vice president at Lockheed Federal Credit Union, for embezzling $830,000 from the credit union through a phony expense scheme. Three other employees of the same credit union who were also involved in the scheme were also barred.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.-Marsha Sapino at Meijer CU here regularly receives e-mails from the CU's core processor, CU*Answers, but one e-mail netted Sapino and the credit union national recognition and a nice check to go with it, as well.

WASHINGTON-CUNA this week will begin running advertising promoting the passage of credit union member business lending legislation. Ads will appear in Capitol Hill newspapers and the Washington regional edition of the Wall Street Journal. The ads focus on S. 509 and H.R. 1418, pending in the Senate and House, respectively, and feature business borrowers from credit unions.

PLEASANTON, Calif.-Most large credit unions in this state appear prepared to provide the "efficiency ratio" the state regulator will soon be requiring as part of exams.

WASHINGTON-CUNA said last week it will not support NCUA's proposed new regulations for CUSOs. The trade group is calling on the agency to either withdraw the proposal or to "substantially revise" it.

Comments Run Strongly Against NCUA's CUSO Plan

INDIANAPOLIS-Horizon One FCU claims a small piece of credit union history in that it was the first CU to request two full counties as its field of membership, according to Ann Garmon.

MASSENA, N.Y.-Scott Wilson knows that without expanding the credit union's charter many years ago, today SeaComm FCU would be closing its doors along with the GM plant in this town.

CHICAGO-A group of small, faith-based credit unions here has banded together to provide one another with networking and guidance with the aims of growing business and improving CAMEL ratings.

BROCKTON, Mass.-A year after launching its full-time, bricks-and-mortar financial education center, HarborOne CU is seeing an uptick in new members, deposits and small business loans in branches closest to the facility.

BIRMINGHAM/TALLAHASSEE-Consumers in Alabama and Florida will learn much more about the credit union difference in coming months, thanks to the League of Southeastern CUs' new $1.3-million cooperative advertising campaign.

MUNCY, Penn.-Tom Rachael is 57 years old, but near the end of summer the CEO of PALCO FCU forgets he has a few more gray hairs and that his eyesight maybe isn't what it used to be.

Workshop On Internet Services

LAKE BLUFF, Ill.-One economist believes there is enough overdraft and checking revenue up for grabs in the final months of 2011 to cover credit union assessments and any interchange losses for the entire year.

HARRISBURG, Penn.-When changing the structure of league dues, the Pennsylvania CU Association believes in making things simple for credit unions to determine what their new costs are.

PLEASANTON, Calif.-Patelcorp, Inc., an investment and insurance subsidiary of $3.6-billion Patelco Credit Union, has rolled out an investment savings product it says will make investing easy and affordable for its members and those of other CUs.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.-University of Pennsylvania College Freshman Paulo Bautista recently completed a summer internship with Community First CU here, during which the Wharton Business School student conducted an evaluation of the alternate options of corporate and municipal bonds. Below, the credit union responds to questions from Credit Union Journal regarding Bautista's contributions:

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-NCUA examiners failed to heed the warnings of independent audits flagging potential fraud at Certified FCU, contributing to the failure of the one-time $52-million Commerce, Calif., credit union at a cost of an estimated $9 million to the National CU Share Insurance Fund, according to a new report issued by NCUA's Office of the Inspector General.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.-While Southeast Corporate FCU announced last week it was merging with Corporate One FCU, discussions about finding a merger partner had been ongoing since July.