BROCKPORT, N.Y. – The Monroe County Industrial Development Agency voted Tuesday to approve a $5,330 abatement of mortgage taxes and property taxes for Brockport FCU to facilitate the credit union’s plans for a new branch in Clarkson, the $5 million credit union’s second branch.

MACON, Ga. – MidSouth Community FCU is the latest credit union to take advantage of a growing inventory of bank branches on the market by agreeing to acquire two branches of failed Security Bank from the FDIC.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Pentagon FCU said its Pentagon FCU Foundation plans to raise $12 million to build a new hotel for veterans needing treatment at the Veterans Administration’s Palo Alto hospital.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. – CO-OP Financial Services announced a contest for its THINK 10 conference that will award $10,000 for the most innovative and shareable idea that will have the greatest impact to credit unions.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Fidelity National Information Services has agreed to pay the state almost $1 million and to implement data security for consumer records under a settlement of civil charges over the 2007 theft of consumer information by a former employee.

HARRISBURG, Penn. – Pennsylvania State Employees CU will donate $5 to the Children’s Miracle Network for every ball hit out of play during the minor league Harrisburg Senators’ home games between April 15 and Aug. 2.

ORONO, Maine – University CU said it has added students at Northeast Technical University to its field of membership and will offer the students private student loans.

COLORADO SPRINGS – Animals from Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s mobile petting zoo will be on hand Saturday to help mark the grand opening of Ent FCU’s new Falcon branch.

MONTPELIER, Vt. – Vermont State Employees CU has signed with uMonitor to implement the company’s uOpen & uFund and uTransfer solutions.

PHOENIX – Desert Schools FCU was granted authority by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to fully underwrite Federal Housing Administration loans in-house, helping to speed the process.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Pentagon FCU, one of the biggest credit union mortgage lenders, has implemented Mortgagebot’s Mortgage Marvel online mortgage shopping service.

PHILADELPHIA – Bethpage FCU of Long Island has agreed to provide $16.25 million in fixed-rate financing for the Whitman Plaza shopping center at Oregon and Randolph in South Philadelphia.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – A prison parolee sought in three Philadelphia robberies last week was arrested while playing blackjack at the Trump Plaza Casino Tuesday.

MADISON, Wis. and WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The Credit Union Executives Society and Credit Union Journal are in discussions to combine two of the most popular conference and learning events in the industry – CUES Experience and the Journal’s Grow Show.

WASHINGTON – CUNA said its political action committee raised $210,000 last month, helping push its cash on hand over $1 million, one of its highest ever, as campaign season starts to heat up.

DENVER – Sponsors of a Senate bill that would have barred the growing practice of merchants assessing surcharges on debit card transactions pulled the bill yesterday after it was amended to bar all ATM surcharges.

GREENVILLE, S.C. – Golfers from credit unions in North and South Carolina competed against each other in a charity golf event that raised more than $67,000 for the Victory Junction Gang Camp, a NASCAR-themed facility for chronically and terminally ill children.

NORCROSS, Ga. – Associated CU said its non-profit Associated CU Foundation contributed $10,000 to the American Red Cross.

KEENE, N.H. – Northeast CUSO has added three more credit unions to the credit union service organization that services and manages business loans.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Langley FCU said it has agreed to donate office space to ClearPoint Credit Counseling Solutions, which will provide counseling and educational presentations to credit union staff, members and the public.