MARLBOROUGH, Mass. – St. Mary’s CU is a major sponsor of the Home and Leisure Show at the Solomon Pond Mall here this week.

HEATH, Ohio – Hopewell FCU said its longtime president, Alan Smith, will retire in October and be succeeded by James Johnson, the $70 million credit union’s executive vice president and chief operations officer, as new CEO.

FARMINGTON HILL, Mich. – Community Choice CU said its Community Choice Foundation will award a minimum of $100,000 in college scholarships in June.

SYLVA, N.C. – State Employee’s CU has contributed $250,000 to the renovation of a 96-year-old downtown courthouse building into the Jackson County library.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – NCUA said in a new legal opinion that federal credit unions may add a fixed minimum, or "floor," rate to existing home equity loans as long as the original loan agreement included in writing the possibility of the minimum rate.

BOSTON – The hacker responsible for the biggest data breaches over the past five years on Friday was sentenced to 20 years and one day in prison for helping steal data on millions of accounts from Heartland Payment Systems, but the sentence will run concurrently with the 20-year term drawn the day before for breaking into databases at TJX Cos., BJ’s Wholesale Club, Office Max, Dave & Busters, Barnes & Noble and a string of other companies.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – A state lawmaker last week pulled a bill that would have given preference on state and municipal deposits to credit unions and community banks.

ALBANY, N.Y. – A bill that would give New York credit unions access to tens of millions of dollars in municipal deposits cleared the state Senate here last week as part of a budget resolution, giving it momentum as it heads to a vote by the state Assembly.

GLEN ROCK, N.J. – The former CEO of defunct Peoples First Choice FCU has agreed to pay NCUA $570,000 to settle claims in a civil lawsuit alleging that insider dealings by him and others sank the one-time $25 million credit union.

WASHINGTON – The FDIC seized four banks Friday, making a total of 41 bank failures so far in 2010.

KEY WEST, Fla. – NCUA said it is accepting bids to acquire Keys FCU, a one-time $200 million credit union taken under federal conservatorship last September.

APPLE VALLEY, Calif. – Alaska USA Federal Credit Union on Thursday said it has introduced its mortgage lending services to the High Desert area of Southern California, east of Los Angeles.

LATROBE, Penn. – Latrobe FCU said Diana Kostelnik is retiring as president and CEO today after 20 years with the $7 million credit union, the past 19 as CEO.

CADDO PARISH, La. – A former part-time teller at Aneka CU in Shreveport on Wednesday was arrested and charged with making at least six unauthorized withdrawals totaling $1,140 from two members’ accounts at the end of 2008.

WASHINGTON – Mortgages rates rose a little for the second straight week, which could portend higher rates down the road as the federal government is ending a key support for the market.

LOUISVILLE, Tenn. – East Tennessee Military Association FCU has raised $4,000 and hopes to raise as much as $15,000 to help fly military veterans to visit the World War II memorial in Washington with the sale to the public of a cookbook of 350 recipes compiled from employees and members.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – United Educational CU continued its Bright Ideas grant program with $5,210 in awards to innovative teachers and classrooms in the first quarter.

DENVER – Bellco CU yesterday said it has implemented CO-OP ATM Check Imaging from CO-OP Financial Services in its 50 ATMs.

KENAI, Alaska – Denali Alaska FCU will open a full-service branch in the new Wal-Mart supercenter being opened here next week.

BURLINGTON, Vt. – The former president of River Valley CU on Wednesday was sentenced to six months in prison and ordered to pay as much as $200,000 in restitution for funds he stole from the Brattleboro credit union.