CHICAGO – Alliant CU has chosen DocuSign’s eSignature service to complete its closed-end loan process in compliance with upcoming changes in Regulation Z.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama One CU said it has signed with Ipswitch Inc. to implement the company’s WhatsUp Gold network management solution for its 10 branches, including 738 monitors and 132 critical network devices.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Demand for NCUA’s community development loans has almost dried up in the first quarter of the year, with just a single 1% loan approved, putting the $18 million fund on pace for its slowest year ever.

BOSTON – A federal appeals court yesterday rejected an appeal by Carol Aranjo, a one-time national spokesman for community development credit unions, of her and her husband’s 2008 conviction in the $2 million embezzlement from D. Edward Wells FCU in Springfield, Mass.

WASHINGTON – CUNA is expected as soon as today to name a successor to President Dan Mica, who is retiring after 13 years heading the national trade group.

WASHINGTON – The credit union lobby began the debate on the massive bank reform bill working to carve out credit unions from data collection requirements in the measure and on the lookout for other new burdens.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Eleven credit unions on Thursday will unveil a plan to commit $150 million to a new student lending program through Credit Union Student Choice.

BEAVERTON, Ore. – First Tech CU rolled out a TV and online marketing campaign to draw new members featuring two squirrels chatting about the best place to store their nuts.

MT. LAUREL, N.J. – PHH Corp., operator of the biggest mortgage bank for credit unions, said net income for its first quarter rose to $8 million, even as revenues slid almost 2% to $577 million.

ATLANTA – Credit bureau Equifax’s first-quarter profit climbed 4.2% as a slight increase in revenue more than offset higher operating expenses and lower operating margins.

BATON ROUGE, La. – Credit Union Acceptance Co. will offer Wolters Kluwer Financial Services’ AppOne platform to its network of marine, powersports and RV dealerships.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama CU has chosen MEMBERS Trust Co. to provide trust and asset management services to its members.

IRONDALE, Ala. – Corporate America CU yesterday said it has joined Viewpointe’s web-based image exchange service, providing Pointe2Pointe with Internet connectivity to its 200 member credit unions.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Chartway FCU has named advertising firm Barber Martin Agency of Chesterfield, Va., as its agency of record.

SAGINAW, Mich. – Wildfire CU yesterday said it has added AltiGen Communication’s Call Center Suite.

GROVEPORT, Ohio – First Service CU is kicking off Military Appreciation month by offering all active members of the military a quarter-point discount on rates for new consumer loans.

WASHINGTON – Two community development credit unions were awarded $600,000 in grants under the Native Americans round of the Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institutions program.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Alaska USA FCU on Monday announced its Alaska USA Insurance Brokers CUSO has agreed to acquire Rainier Pacific Insurance Services, a one-time subsidiary of credit union-convert Rainier Pacific Bank that is now owned by Oregon’s Umpqua Bank.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Storms that killed 22 and flooded thousands out of their homes and businesses in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Mississippi hit credit unions the hardest in downtown Nashville.

TAMPA, Fla. – For Suncoast Schools FCU, Florida’s biggest credit union, that sunshine at the end of the tunnel is still a long way off.