MILLVILLE, Tenn. – Thunderbolt Area FCU opened a new branch at the entrance to Millville Municipal Airport in a former branch of TD Banknorth.

WHITEFISH, Mont. – James Kenyon III, a senior vice president at Missoula FCU, was named this week as new president and CEO of Whitefish CU, the state’s largest credit union.

BOSTON – A man was charged with cashing his dead friend's disability checks at St. Mary’s CU and selling the dead man’s van, taking about $25,000 in profits.

LENEXA , Kan. – NCUA yesterday that restated financials for U.S. Central FCU for the first six months of 2009, show that unrealized losses on the corporate credit union’s investments grew to $11 billion at mid-year, from $8.5 billion at year-end 2008.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Corporate One FCU, one of a handful of corporate credit unions struggling under the weight of large mortgage-backed securities holdings, said yesterday its expects to record additional losses on its MBSs due to the continued deterioration of the U.S. housing and mortgage and the global credit markets.

LENEXA, Kan. – NCUA was insisting yesterday that U.S. Central FCU remains a "viable" credit union even as some industry experts were calling for the liquidation of the one-time $52 million institution, being run under federal conservatorship since March 20.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Intuit Inc. announced yesterday it has agreed to acquire privately held Mint.com, a provider of online personal finance services, for $170 million in cash.

BARTLETT, Tenn. – A Horn Lake man who said he had been laid off from work was charged with robbing the same branch of First South CU twice with a plastic pellet gun belonging to his stepson.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Empower FCU has awarded ten college scholarships for a total of $7,000.

GLENDORA, Calif. – America’s Christian CU is partnering with the nation’s largest adoption agency to offer financing for child adoptions, which can cost as much as $40,000.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Central Florida Educators FCU is the latest credit union to be approved as a servicer for the Treasury Department’s Home Affordable Modification Program.

HONOLULU – Hawaii Central CU's search for Hawaii's fastest texter ended yesterday at Kahala Mall with some 30 contestants vying for the title and $1,000.

PORTLAND, Ore. – OnPoint Community, the state’s largest credit union, has selected Tyfone’s u4ia platform as the infrastructure behind its mobile banking strategy.

ORLANDO, Fla. – A group of borrowers from all over the country filed suit in federal court last week claiming a massive membership fraud at Huron River Area CU, the Michigan credit union that financed speculative real estate deals in south Florida that helped cause the failure of that and two other credit unions.

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – Police last week arrested the alleged leader of ring that induced dozens of people to cash phony or counterfeit checks on their behalf.

SAN DIMAS, Calif. – Financial Service Centers Cooperative said Friday three more credit unions have joined its shared branching network: NorthStar CU, Warrenville, Ill.; HarborLight CU, Whitehall, Mich. and Sun FCU, Maumee, Ohio.

ALBANY, N.Y. – The New York State Banking Department issued a warning last week of a scheme to issue counterfeit official checks on Municipal CU.

NAPERVILLE, Ill. – Hawthorne CU will play Santa to U.S. soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan with a Christmas give drive benefitting Operation Support Our Troops of Illinois.

WASHINGTON – The CUNA Board last week appointed a committee of six credit union CEOs and a state league president to find a successor to CUNA President Dan Mica, who announced his retirement in January 2011.

TAMPA, Fla. – GTE FCU, which has been trimming expenses to cope with the region’s economic downturn, said it is permanently closing it City Hall branch.