ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Navy FCU said this morning it will open its 206th branch on Monday, its first inside the Pentagon, headquarters for the U.S. Department of Defense.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The former president of Florida A&M University FCU and a former program director at the University insisted during their trial this week they were innocent of stealing $135,000 of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development funds administered by the credit union.

HAVERHILL, Mass. – Merrimack Valley FCU gave away a 50-inch Plasma tv to raise money for charity.

LIVE OAK, Texas – Members and non-members of Randolph-Brooks FCU will able to donate money to charity starting Monday simply by visiting a branch, snapping a photo of themselves on site and checking-in through location-based social networking tools Foursquare, Facebook or Twitter.

BATON ROUGE, La. – La Capitol FCU said it named Michael Hooper, who has been with the credit union since 1993, the last ten years as chief financial officer, as its new president and CEO.

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – IAA CU has signed with TRC Interactive to implement the company’s First Line of Defense ~ Fraud Detection and Loss Prevention Challenge, an online interactive experiential exercise for banks and credit unions that helps keep their staff sharp, focused and alert to the latest scams.

WASHINGTON – Mortgage rates fell this week for the first time in a month, towards their lowest on record, according to Freddie Mac.

HOUSTON – Cardtronics said Fred Lummis, whose CapStreet investment funds built the company into the largest ATM fleet in the world, resigned as chairman of the board, where he has served since his private equity fund bought control of the fledgling independent service organization in 2001.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – NCUA is planning to amend its new corporate credit union regulation next week–even as the ink is still drying on the new rule passed just weeks ago--by restricting credit union membership to a single corporate and providing additional sources of revenue for corporates.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Corporate America CU, searching for an accounting for the ill-fated capital conversion at U.S. Central FCU in the winter of 2008, filed suit against NCUA yesterday seeking some 750,000 pages of records related to the failure of the one-time $52 billion corporate credit union.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A man who failed in his attempt to rob Fort Financial CU in nearby Gastonia in 2008 was sentenced to life in prison yesterday for literally scaring a woman to death while running from police after the foiled heist.

CASA GRANDE, Ariz. – First American CU has hired Rico Bautista, former president of GHS FCU in Binghamton, N.Y., as president and CEO of the $75 million credit union.

BATON ROUGE, La. – La Capitol FCU said it is looking for a new CEO as Susan Parry Leake is retiring after 26 years with the credit union, the past ten as president and CEO.

BETHLEHEM, Penn. – Members of tiny Dixie Cup Employees FCU, serving employees of the iconic disposal cup manufacturer, voted to merge their $1.2 million credit union into $480 million First Commonwealth FCU in nearby Lehigh Valley.

RICHLAND, Wash. – HAPO Community CU plans to build its first Oregon branch after receiving regulatory approval to serve residents of Oregon’s Umatilla County.

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State University FCU said yesterday it has deployed DigitalPersona Pro software and U.are.U Fingerprint Readers.

MECKLENBURG, N.C. – California’s Evangelical Christian CU, one of the biggest church lenders in the country, is expected to sell Greater Salem Church in another foreclosure, after the church’s pastor was convicted of siphoning millions of dollars in funds that were meant to pay the mortgage.

SEATTLE – Three foreign nationals were charged yesterday with using ATM skimmers to steal credit card information from dozens of credit union and bank customers and using counterfeit cards to steal as much as $400,000 from area ATMs.

LOS ANGELES – A dozen former executives and directors of WesCorp FCU being sued by NCUA over the failure of the one-time $34 billion corporate credit union could be left holding the bag for millions of dollars in legal fees under a clause in their Directors and Office liability insurance.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – A state court ordered a halt yesterday to a controversial transaction that would allow the University of Iowa Community CU to buy 20 acres of land in nearby North Liberty for $1 to build a new headquarters as part of a planned 64-acre development.