WOODLAND, Calif. – Yolo FCU is reporting it has grant funds available for lower-income homebuyers within Yolo County.

LIVE OAK, Texas – Randolph-Brooks Federal Credit Union is developing two new buildings totaling 137,000 square feet at its headquarters on this city’s north side.

PORTLAND, Ore. – OnPoint Community CU, Oregon’s biggest credit union, last week opened three new branches in Deschutes County.

VIENNA, Va. – Navy FCU is opening a new branch, its 185th, in Columbia, S.C., to serve more than 21,000 military personnel, retirees and their families assigned to Fort Jackson.

DURAND, Mich. – SageLink CU has agreed to acquire Communication Services CU, an ailing $21 million credit union based in Lansing.

EMBROKE PINES, Fla. – Power Financial CU is the latest credit union to expand into the underserved Florida Keys, a 160-mile long string of islands south of Miami connected by a single causeway.

WORCESTER, Mass. – Webster First FCU recently opened a branch in the Compare Foods neighborhood supermarket to serve residents of the city’s burgeoning Hispanic population.

NORRISTOWN, Penn. – Despite her claims that she is allergic to prison food, the former CEO of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1776 FCU last week was sentenced to up to seven years behind bars for stealing more than $32,400 from the Plymouth credit union.

WASHINGTON – Going into tomorrow’s final round of congressional primaries in seven states, CUNA is assiduously balancing its political donations – among the biggest of any trade association – between the two parties, lest the traditional non-partisan lobby be seen as leaning either way.

PORTLAND, Ore.-Here are some of the scenarios OnPoint Community CU has presented in earlier TV spots.

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TOLEDO, Ohio – A group of Hispanic and community leaders is poised to open a new credit union in this economically hard-hit city’s Old South End, which would be the first new credit union in Ohio in almost a decade.

CHESTERFIELD, Mo. – First Community CU has become one of the first credit unions to implement AimbridgeSelect, a new fully-customizable version of its hosted lending automation platform.

MONETT, Mo. – Jack Henry & Associates is the latest vendor to offer a person-to-person payments system.

MONROE, Mich. – Monroe County Community CU announced the retirement of Paul Assenmacher as CEO next April, after 40 years with the now-$143 million credit union.

WILKES BARRE, Penn. – Cross Valley FCU has completed branding ATMs at two local Walgreens stores in Kingston and Scranton.

SAN DIEGO – Mission FCU and the San Diego Chargers are teaming up for the "Mission Fed Chargers Financial Fitness Touchdown Challenge" during the new football season.

SAN ANTONIO – United SA FCU has agreed to a $500,000 settlement of a class-action lawsuit that alleged the credit union obtained credit reports of former members.

RIVERDALE, Utah – America First CU, which acquired five Nevada branches as part of last year’s deal for failed Community One FCU in Las Vegas, is opening a sixth branch in the state, in Henderson.

TAMPA, Fla. – GTE FCU, fighting off big losses for 2008 and 2009, announced yesterday it is closing another five branches, after shuttering three branches last year.