SAN JOSE, Calif. – Community Trust CU has received a $150,000 award from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation to provide a counseling and financial education program for the region’s Latino population.

BOSTON – A 47-year-old Greyhound bus driver from Lowell, Mass., who was charged with a bank robbery Tuesday in Maine, has also been charged with a May 27 robbery at Pawtucket CU in Rhode Island, and authorities believe he may be the husky suspect sought in as many as 12 New England heists over the past three months.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – NCUA has approved the conversion of Nassau Educators FCU to a community charter covering all 2.7 million residents of Long Island, a wealthy New York City suburb.

WASHINGTON – The Treasury Department announced yesterday that United Nations FCU agreed to pay a $500,000 fine to settle claims it violated the Office of Foreign Asset Control sanctions on Cuba.

PURCHASE, N.Y. – MasterCard said yesterday that it received enough support from card issuers to proceed with a $41.4 million settlement in the Heartland Payments Systems breach, but dozens of credit unions and banks are still holding out as part of a class action lawsuit filed against Heartland.

WASHINGTON – Even before President Obama has signed the landmark bank reform bill into law credit union lobbyists were moving their attention to the Federal Reserve, which the new law will direct to monitor and possibly set price caps on debit card interchange.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – NCUA reported yesterday it has cleared several more credit union giants to merge into them troubled smaller institutions, accelerating the trend towards greater consolidation of the credit union movement.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate turned away the concerns of community banks, credit unions and the vast majority of Republican members this afternoon to vote final passage of the financial reform bill, sending the measure on for President Obama to sign into law.

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WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats narrowly blocked a filibuster on the bank bill waged by Republicans this morning and headed toward a final vote on the landmark bill, despite avid opposition by community banks and credit unions over the interchange amendment.

FREMONT, Calif. – An item in Wednesday's CUJ Daily Briefing regarding Patelco Credit Union launching Mobile Popmoney incorrectly identified Scott Moeller as the CEO of Patelco CU: Moeller is the CEO of MShift, Ken Burns is the CEO of Patelco CU.

GERMANTOWN, Md. – Montgomery County Employees FCU has hired Jim Norris, head of Washington, D.C.-based $77 million AFL-CIO Employees FCU, as president and CEO of the $80 million institution.

ROCKY HILL, Conn. – Nutmeg State FCU announced that its CEO Loren Dickinson, who tripled the size of the credit union to $340 million, is retiring Oct. 31 after 23 years in the corner office.

HOUSTON – Right Choice CU has contracted with Skyline’s DirectFED to implement the company’s Remote Deposit Capture system.

RICHMOND, Va. – Dominion CU is providing members with Geezeo’s personal financial management, social networking and Web community platforms, and integrated marketing solution.

RALEIGH, N.C. – State Employees’ CU has implemented RATA Associates HMDA Comply Suite.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Pentagon FCU announced yesterday it is now offering check scanning capability to its “Deposit Anywhere” check deposit program.

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Technology CU has agreed to implement DocuSign’s e-signature solution to securely expedite the establishment of new member accounts and accelerate the loan signing process online.

BASKING RIDGE, N.J. – Affinity FCU said it has implemented Integrated Media Management’s TotaleAtlasWeb remote signature capture and secure document delivery solution.

SAN ANTONIO – Firstmark CU announced a deal yesterday to place its brand on three Cardtronics-owned and operated ATMs in Costco warehouses located in the San Antonio area.