Since you have your members' trust, why aren't they coming to you for the largest and most important financial transaction of their life-a home mortgage?

For millions of people, the Americans With Disabilities Act opened new doors of accessibility throughout our country. The act's implications extended to ATMs, but recently, the rules changed significantly.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – Three Pakistani men were charged with obtaining more than $500,000 in credit card loans they had no plans to repay in order to finance a scheme to sell contraband cigarettes and smokeless tobacco.

YORKTOWN, Va. – Longtime 1st Advantage FCU CEO, Adrian “Casey” Duplantier has announced he will retire at the end of the year.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Redstone FCU last week said it plans two new branches, one in the City of Madison and the other in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

WOODBRIDGE, Va. – Belvoir FCU has introduced an online tool that enables members to compare the credit union’s rates and potential savings with loans they have at other lenders.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – NCUA reported Friday it has approved the merger for First Community FCU in Coquille, Ore., with SOFCU Community FCU in nearby Grants Pass, creating a credit union with almost $700 million in assets serving 15 counties straddling Oregon and Washington.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – A local man was sentenced to five months in custody and five months of home detention for stealing $20,000 from MO FCU during a late-night burglary.

PHOENIX – Desert Schools FCU is offering its members around-the-clock credit monitoring to thwart identity thieves.

BROCKTON, Mass. – HarborOne CU last week was warning members that a May 9 assault of a courier at its Randolph branch and the theft of a pouch containing cancelled checks and other sensitive material may have exposed them to identity theft.

WASHINGTON – Regulator shuttered three more banks Friday, making a total of 43 failures so far in 2011.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The NCUA Board last week made several proposals aimed at kick-starting the agency’s Community Development Revolving Loan Fund, which hasn’t made a loan in more than a year and, as a result, is sitting on almost $15 million of cash.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A duo of Michigan retirees continued to assault the federal courts with suits claiming lack of proper ATM disclosures, filing three more suits against credit unions in New Mexico last week – all on the same day.

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NORTHRIDGE, Calif. – The former manager of tiny Sharebuilders FCU and her husband pleaded guilty this afternoon to a $1.2 million embezzlement that sunk the credit union four years ago.

EAST LANSING, Mich. – An item in the May 10 CU Journal Daily Briefing incorrectly reported the asset size of $2-billion Michigan State University FCU, and the title of Nancy Craig, who was director of investments and trusts in the office of VP for financial operations and treasurer.

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

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. – Financial Resources FCU said its Financial Resources FCU Foundation donated $25,000 to benefit Parents of Autistic Children at the Foundation’s annual charitable event.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Mazuma CU announced that Rob Givens plans to retire as president and CEO of the $450 million credit union at year end.

LAKE JACKSON, Texas – Texas Dow Employees CU has implemented UniFi’s FI-MOBILE co-branded mobile banking application platform.