SAN DIEGO-The only major college bowl game sponsored by a credit union, the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl, will kick off tonight at 8 p.m. EST. The game, in its sixth year of existence, will feature an 8-3 Navy team against the 8-4, hometown San Diego State team.

HARRISBURG, Penn.-Pennsylvania Gov.-elect Tom Corbett has nominated Glenn Moyer to be his Banking Secretary.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn.-A woman who was shot during a robbery attempt while using an ATM at TVA Employees Credit Union here has died.

CHICAGO-The national 60-day auto delinquency rate (the ratio of auto loan borrowers 60 or more days past due) rose 9.4% between the second and third quarters of 2010 to 0.58%, according to a TransUnion quarterly analysis of trends in the auto industry.

PROVIDENCE, R.I.-The ranks of the appraisal profession are shrinking fast. For home lenders, that spells higher costs, longer turnaround times and poorer appraisal quality in future years.

MUSKEGO, Wis.-Corporate Central CU reported its members have contributed more than $60 million in perpetual contributed capital (PCC) since a capital building effort was launched in July 2009.

WASHINGTON-If the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has its way, federal regulators would not wait for Congress to create national servicing standards, but instead write such rules as part of risk retention guidelines set to be released soon.

ARLINGTON-Existing home sales in November rose by 5.6% to an annualized 4.68 million units, seasonally adjusted, according to NAFCU, but that volume still lags.

WASHINGTON-The Federal Housing Finance Agency finalized three rules on yesterday, including one that requires Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to reduce the size of their portfolios.

BATON ROUGE, La.-Rates and terms for high-interest checking accounts could be on the chopping block thanks to the proposed interchange cuts.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Treasury Department has issued a new rule phasing out paper checks for federal benefit payments, a move the agency says will save Social Security $1 billion.

WESTBOROUGH, Mass. – The Massachusetts Credit Union Share Insurance Corporation (MSIC) has rebated $9.85 million of excess assessments to its member credit unions.

ST. JOSEPH, Mich. – The $1.2-billion United FCU here has selected the Miser core processing solution from FIS.

TAMPA, Fla. – Card Services for Credit Unions (CSCU) has awarded $10,000 in Community Outreach Scholarships to 13 credit unions.

PARMA, Ohio – Thanks to Unity Catholic FCU, a needy family will have plenty of food and gifts this holiday season.

EASTMAN, Tenn. – The $2.2-billion Eastman Credit Union will absorb via merger $11-million Holston Valley Credit Union as a result of the death of HVCU’s longtime manager, Sam Tuell.

WASHINGTON – In the wake of NCUA’s new requirements for financial literacy standards for CU board members, CUNA is making available a “CUNA Board Financial Literacy Certificate.”

HARRISBURG, Penn. – Test results show credit union employees in this state have improved their financial literacy.

MIDDLETOWN, Penn. & LYNCHBURG, Va. – The $3.2-billion Mid-Atlantic Corporate FCU and $1.2-billion VACORP FCU have announced plans to merge, with Mid-Atlantic Corporate to be the surviving charter.

WASHINGTON – Contrary to expectations, the Federal Reserve Board’s draft report on debit interchange did not resolve the debate on the cost of fraud in card payments.