OCALA, Fla. – U.S. Bancorp has filed suit against failed mortgage lender and servicer Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. to turn over more than $180 million of home loans Taylor, Bean is servicing for the bank.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – What will the nation’s credit union community look like 100 years from now? Will there even be one? Or will it be even more robust?

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – A robber who stuck up a branch of Merrimack Valley FCU here apologized to employees as he was leaving the building.

KENNEBEC, Maine – Members of KV Federal Credit Union will begin voting on a rare credit union/bank merger on Saturday.

WASHINGTON – Prodded by the ongoing number of bank failures in 2009, it appears increasingly likely the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) will assess its second special insurance premium to help bolster the fund.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – NCUA has sent a regulatory alert to credit unions that may offer at least some relief from compliance demands caused by certain provisions of the CARD Act which go into effect today.

ARLINGTON, Va. – As it prepares to host its annual meeting, the National Association of State Credit Union Supervisors has introduced a new corporate logo and updates at www.nascus.org.

WASHINGTON – The nation’s largest 22 banks boosted mortgage and home equity lending during June, but reduced other types of consumer loans, according to a survey of banks released by the Treasury Dept.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to loan the state of California $1.5 billion so the state can bring its “IOU” program to a close a month earlier than planned.

WASHINGTON – Credit Union Student Choice, a CUSO that provides private student lending services, has launched CUSelect, a Web tool that helps would-be private student loan borrowers connect with credit unions who participate in the Student Choice network.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Deborah Matz will officially take the oath of office and become the eighth chairman of NCUA on Monday, Aug. 24.

SAN DIMAS, Calif. – Shared branching network Financial Service Centers Cooperative, Inc., said it will distribute $930,000 among 30 FSCC credit unions as rewards for helping to stop fraud activity during the first and second quarters of 2009.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – As the 2009 football season prepares to kick off, another credit union has signed an NFL player to be its spokesperson. Charlotte Metro Credit Union will use Carolina Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme in a series of three commercials in which he will pass along financial tips on rates and fees.

WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve and Treasury have announced plans to extend the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility, better known as TALF, for three to six months beyond the scheduled year-end 2009 expiration.

WASHINGTON – Despite some positive economic indicators, a new survey from the Fed finds most major lenders are not planning to make any changes to their underwriting standards for residential real estate, commercial mortgages or credit cards before 2011.

WASHINGTON – Credit unions should not look for any relief in complying with several provisions of the CARD Act, which go into effect tomorrow, Aug. 20. The Federal Reserve has sent a letter to CUNA saying its ability to provide relief from the legislation’s requirements is constrained by the CARD Act’s legislative language.

MIAMI – A one-time government informant, who was charged last year with hacking into TJX Cos. and more than half-dozen other national chains, was among three suspects indicted yesterday with stealing data on millions of accounts from Heartland Payment Systems, Hannaford Brothers and 7-Eleven.

* E1 Financial CU will merge with NuVision FCU, Huntington Beach, Calif., not NuUnion CU, which is located in Lansing, Mich.

MIDDLETOWN, Pa. – John H. Bixler, Jr., the first president of Mid-Atlantic Corporate FCU, has died.

GARFIELD, N.J. – Several former CU National Mortgage executives have created a new company called Clarity Member Services to offer a variety of mortgage lending services to credit unions.