MANSFIELD, Texas – Texas trust CU announced yesterday the hiring of James Minge, a senior vice president at Randolph-Brooks FCU, as president and CEO of the $680 million credit union.

BISMARCK, N.D. – Capital CU said yesterday it signed with CO-OP Financial Services to process payments for its signature and PIN debit card programs.

SUITLAND, Md. – Andrews FCU joined credit union service organization Potomac Business Services LLC as an equity member May 19.

CHULA VISTA, Calif. – Hans Ganz, who earned millions of dollars and the enmity of the credit union movement converting his credit union to a bank, retired yesterday as CEO of Pacific Trust Bank, the one-time Pacific Trust FCU.

AUSTIN, Texas – Amplify FCU will be rewarding three deserving families with funds for needed home repairs over the next three months as part of its Mini Home Makeover Contest.

ATLANTA – Associated CU said yesterday it is offering an auto loan aimed at subprime borrowers that rewards members with reduced interest rates for timely payments.

PHILADELPHIA – A federal appeals court last week upheld a lower court ruling that CUNA Mutual Group was wrong when it discontinued payment on a credit disability insurance policy after three years because it found the credit union member no longer met its definition of “total disability.”

IRONDALE, Ala. – Corporate America CU announced this afternoon the introduction of its own mutual fund for credit unions, the Corporate America CU Short Duration Fund.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – NCUA said this morning that credit union profitability rose to 74 basis points for the first quarter, up from 51 bps in the fourth quarter of 2010, and the best performance in four years.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Credit Union Journal is now accepting entries for its 2011 Best Practices Awards.

SAGINAW, Mich. – Family First CU donated 24 computers and flat screen monitors to Hemmeter Elementary School in Saginaw Township.

CHICOPEE, Mass. – Polish National CU said it plans to open a student-run branch inside Comprehensive High School here.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Navy FCU last week obtained a building permit to build a new branch and regional office here.

SUITLAND, Md. – Andrews FCU awarded a longtime member a $1,000 grand prize in its Choose MORE with Andrews to celebrate the grand opening of credit union’s new Waldorf branch.

HONOLULU – The Office of Hawaiian Affairs is awarding $4.3 million to 12 organizations, including Hawaii First FCU, to help improve education, health and income of Native Hawaiians.

BAD AXE, Mich. – Dozens of cars at a time lined up throughout the late morning and afternoon Thursday at the Bad Axe Mini Market to take advantage of Team One CU’s 25 cents per gallon gas discount.

WASHINGTON – CUNA said last week it paid former CEO Dan Mica almost $1.7 million for six months work last year, as Mica opted to leave the trade group midway through the year even though he got paid through year-end under his contract.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Credit union executives are panning NCUA’s proposal requiring all credit unions to adopt an “effective” policy on interest rate risk, saying a one-size-fits-all policy requirement could have unintended consequences and monitoring of interest rate risk can better be accomplished through the flexibility of the examination process.

WASHINGTON – Quoting a federal judge’s own words, lawyers for NCUA said last week that once the Department of Justice seized the main account at Vensure FCU, the credit union had no assets to cover its only line of business – processing billions of dollars in online poker bets.

WASHINGTON – In an extraordinary gambit, Senate Republicans held the Senate in session on Friday in order to prevent an expected appointment of consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren as director for the fledgling Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.