MADISON, Wis. – CUNA Mutual Group said yesterday it is adding a new whole life product to its life insurance product suite.

ATLANTA – Credit bureau Equifax reported a 16% drop in second quarter profits, fueled by a 9% decline in revenues.

BROWN DEER, Wis.– Metavante Technologies said net income for its second quarter soared 41% to $1.9 million, as the company prepares to be taken over by Fidelity National Information Services.

PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia FCU said it has implemented Integrated Media Management’s TotalAtlasWeb to offer members the 24/7 convenience of retrieving and signing documents securely via an online channel.

WYANDOTTE, Mich. – Wyandotte FCU said it has agreed to merge with Trenton FCU to create a $140 million credit union called Shore to Shore Community FCU. The field of membership will run from the southshore of the Trenton Channel of Lake Erie at Trenton, to the north shore of the channel at Wyandotte.

SAN DIEGO – Mission FCU has been added as a participating servicer to the Treasury’s modification incentive program under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, bringing to four the number of credit unions among the 34 participants in the program.

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Heritage Trust FCU has contributed $100,000 to a new loan pool to help developers finance affordable housing projects.

BARCELONA, Spain–The economic crisis in the U.S. is hitting CU balance sheets around the world in different ways, credit unions attending the World Council of Credit Unions World CU Conference here told Credit Union Journal.

LANSING, Mich. – A 77-year-old member of Michigan State University FCU was selected as winner of the credit union’s annual free room makeover contest.

PHOENIX – A member of Desert Schools FCU was horrified when she realized she deposited $5,800 into the wrong account because she incorrectly typed one digit of her online account number when making the transfer–she typed a 6 instead of an 8.

MINNEAPOLIS – A federal court denied a motion by credit bureaus Experian, TransUnion and VantageScore to dismiss a trademark infringement case brought by Fair Isaac & Co., setting the stage for a trial between the competing consumer credit scores.

MINNEAPOLIS – A federal court denied a motion by credit bureaus Experian, TransUnion and VantageScore to dismiss a trademark infringement case brought by Fair Isaac & Co., setting the stage for a trial between the competing consumer credit scores.

MUNCIE, Ind. – Two men charged last week in the May armed robbery of $250,000 at Industrial Centre FCU told police they chose the credit union for the heist after they saw a Brinks truck make a cash delivery earlier that morning.

MINNEAPOLIS – Fair Isaac & Co., the maker of the FICO credit score, said net income for its fiscal third quarter ended June 30 fell 32% to $18.1 million, while revenues slumped 15%.

SHOREVIEW, Minn. – Deluxe Corp. said Friday profits fell 15% in the second quarter as revenues continued to slide.

ATLANTA – SecureWorks, which has been in the forefront of detecting new malware plaguing credit unions, has obtained $31.5 million in new funding.

WASHINGTON – A key FDIC advisory committee will hold a public review Thursday on so-called prize-linked savings, a concept being popularized among credit unions.

HONOLULU - Ariel Chun, president and CEO of the University of Hawaii FCU for the last 23 years, announced she is retiring on Dec. 31.

CHATSWORTH, Calif. – Telesis Community CU, which operates one of the largest member business loan portfolios in the country, filed default notices last week on loans originally made for $29 million for two historic Portland, Ore., buildings.

PENSACOLA, Fla. – A local developer closed a loan deal Friday with two local credit unions and a Tampa bank for $38 million to build a 206-room Holiday Inn on Pensacola Beach.