VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Chartway FCU said yesterday it has implemented the FIS Mobile Banking platform from Fidelity National Information Services.

HARRISBURG, Penn. – Pennsylvania State Employees CU has introduced mobile banking through Firethorn Holdings LLC, a wholly owned unit of Qualcomm Inc.

DALLAS – Credit Union Liquidity Services, a wholly owned CUSO of Texans CU, has filed suit in federal court over a failed commercial/residential development in nearby Rockwall that defaulted on a $30 million member business loan.

PALO ALTO, Calif. – NCUA said yesterday it has approved the combination of Addison Avenue FCU and First Tech CU in the biggest credit union merger ever.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – NCUA ruled that credit union service organizations may act as loan brokers for the purchase of New York City tax medallions.

PHILADELPHIA – A group of as many as 10 credit unions is planning to revive a once-abandoned initiative to create a publicly traded mutual fund by pooling member business loans originated by credit unions.

WALL STREET – Traders yesterday were anxiously awaiting the first offering, expected as soon a late yesterday, of NCUA Guaranteed Notes, the bonds derived from cash flows on toxic assets held by the corporate credit unions that carry a full federal guarantee.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – NCUA reported this morning that May’s failure of St. Paul Croatian FCU was caused by fraud and will cost the National CU Share Insurance Fund as much as $170 million in losses, one of the biggest losses ever for a non-corporate credit union.

WILKES-BARRE, Penn. – A new voter poll released this morning shows Democrat Paul Kanjorski, the staunchest credit union ally in Congress, trailing his Republican challenger Lou Barletta going into the final two weeks of the campaign.

TULLAHOMA, Tenn. – Jimmie Bearden, the well-known and long-serving president of AEDC FCU, now known as Ascend FCU, has died.

LOS ANGELES – The SCE Federal Credit Union Foundation launched its program to award scholarships to graduating seniors and undergraduate college students that demonstrate financial need and academic excellence as well as a commitment to their community.

ARLINGTON, Texas – A teenager who broke into Security One FCU early Monday morning was captured inside the branch after police searched the building.

BELLINGHAM, Wash. – Pacific Northwest CU and GaPac Community FCU are raising funds for Bellingham Food Bank's Milk Money program this month.

FARMINGTON, Mich. – LOC FCU opened its 16th in-school branch at Hillside Elementary School in Farmington Hills.

MADISON, Wis. – Summit CU on Tuesday said Kim Sponem, the former president of CUNA CU (subsequently Great Wisconsin CU), has been promoted to CEO upon the retirement of its longtime CEO Andy Faust.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Denali Alaskan FCU has signed with AccelOps to implement the company’s Security Information Event Management system for integrated network security, log, identity and configuration monitoring.

SANTA ANA, Calif. – Orange County’s CU has introduced a mobile banking platform by Tyfone of Portland, Ore.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – ESL FCU has blocked almost 4,000 credit/debit card accounts after regional grocery store chain ALDI reported a security breach and the theft of card account information.

MACON, Ga. – Robins FCU is taking the “Pay It Forward” concept of giving to strangers a bit further by stopping random shoppers and paying for their groceries.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – CUNA yesterday entered the tight race for the Missouri Senate seat and paid $152,500 for a series of independent radio ads on behalf of Republican Rep. Roy Blunt, who is running against Democrat Robin Carnahan, the credit union group’s fifth independent campaign expenditure over the past week.