BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – OMNI Community CU has purchased 500 school backpacks and is inviting members and area residents to donate school supplies to fill them for the start of school.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Pentagon FCU said its members will earn 5% cash back on eligible items at book stores, computer and electronics retailers and office supply stores through Sept. 30 when purchasing with their Visa Platinum Cash Rewards Card.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University Employees FCU is the fifth credit union to be approved as a servicer in the Home Price Decline Protection component of the Treasury Department’s mortgage refinance Home Affordable Modification Program, or HAMP.

TUKWILA, Wash. – Prime Alliance Solutions said yesterday it is partnering with Kroll Factual Data to provide credit unions with Kroll’s credit and flood technology services through Prime Alliance Solutions’ LOS platform.

VIENNA, Va. – Navy FCU said yesterday it has executed an early renewal of its merchant bankcard processing services agreement with Metavante Corporation.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The Golden 1 CU announced yesterday it is introducing Federal Housing Administration mortgages to its members.

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. – PHH Corp., which operates the largest mortgage bank for credit unions, reported a surge in second quarter earnings yesterday to $111 million, as its mortgage production soared.

NORTH CANTON, Ohio – ATM maker Diebold Inc. said yesterday that net income for its second quarter rose 11% to $31.7 million, even as revenues were declining by 9%.

LYNCHBURG, Va. – Even as U.S. Central FCU is reporting an additional $500 million depletion in their capital, several corporate credit unions are deferring the trickle-down depletion of their own capital until the release the long-awaited 2008 financials for U.S. Central, which are expected to show additional losses.

BALTIMORE – Authorities are investigating the unauthorized transfer of $252,000 by Johns Hopkins FCU to an overseas figure purporting to be one its members, a renowned international expert in AIDs.

WHEELING, W.V. – The former CEO of defunct Center Valley FCU was indicted on charges of embezzling $9 million of the failed credit union’s $17 million in deposits.

PHOENIX – Desert Schools FCU has introduced a multi-media ad campaign that aims to calm people in the current recession and gain market share.

DALLAS – TNB Card Services announced yesterday it has renewed its credit and debit card processing pact with First Data Corp. for another five years.

MOON TOWNSHIP, Penn. – Clearview FCU has awarded ten $1,250 Ralph B. Canterbury Scholarships.

AUSTIN, Texas – A+ FCU said its A+ Education Foundation awarded grants to nine San Marcos school district teachers.

WEST COVINA, Calif. – First Financial CU said yesterday it has renewed its contract with Edcomm Banker’s Academy for a third year of web-based compliance training.

DEL RIO, Texas – Border FCU has implemented Integrated Bank Technology’s Integrated Branch Capture and Integrated Document Imaging.

MADISON, Wis. – UW CU said yesterday it has agreed to purchase a 14,00-square-foot building in the Milwaukee suburb of Wauwatosa from AMCORE Bank, which the credit union will turn into its third branch in Milwaukee.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The former president of First Community CU, sent to prison for embezzling as much as $1 million from the Columbia Heights, Minn., institution, was banned from the industry, NCUA said yesterday.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Southeast Corporate FCU said it will pass on about $6.1 million in charges from the loss of its capital in U.S. Central FCU to its 430 credit union members.