KENNEWICK, Wash. – HAPO CU has donated $10,000 to the county to keep the juvenile drug court in session for the rest of 2009.

McLEAN, Va. – Home loan rates declined again for the third week in a row, according to Freddie Mac.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The NCUA Board voted yesterday to renew the interest rate ceiling for federal credit unions at 18% for the next 18 months.

MADISON, Wis. – The former president of Rapids Municipal CU was charged by a federal grand jury Wednesday with manipulating the accounts of deceased members to help him steal $645,000 from the now-defunct credit union.

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The NCUA Board this morning began a hurried bid to stop credit unions from converting to private deposit insurance in order to escape assessments for the impending NCUSIF premium.

WASHINGTON – Credit unions continue to sell increasing portions of their home loans as interest rates fall to decade-lows.

HOUSTON – One of two gunmen in last November’s robbery at Investex CU where $202,250 was stolen was sentenced yesterday to 13 years in prison.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A well-known top executive at Memphis Area Teachers CU, one of five senior officials terminated last month, claims her job was eliminated in retaliation for blowing the whistle to regulators on fraud, waste and violations of regulations at the $550 million credit union.

Another $6 billion in deposits flowed into credit unions in May, putting 2009 on pace to be one of the best years for deposit growth that the industry has had, according to the Credit Union National Association.

DOWNEY, Calif. – City Of Downey FCU has agreed to share its Downey branch with Southern California Postal CU.

MISSOULA, Mon. – A 24-year-old man who was shot in the face during a gunfight with police after he robbed Missoula FCU pleaded guilty to armed robbery.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Credit Union 24 said it has added a dozen new credit unions to its ATM and POS network over the past month.

GENEVA, N.Y. – Finger Lakes FCU said NCUA has approved its application to convert to a community charter serving almost 200,000 residents in surrounding Ontario, Seneca and Yates counties.

TAMPA, Fla. – Nexcentri, a CUSO part-owned by Tampa Bay FCU, has introduced a new online banking service targeted at small and medium-sized financial services institutions. The platform is dubbed Cinch!.

DALLAS – Southwest Corporate FCU said yesterday it has signed with Rosetta Technologies to provide its IRD Express Pack to credit unions using Southwest Corporate's deposit return solution.

ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. – Fort Knox FCU has pledged $10,000 to the Central Kentucky Airline Service Travel Bank which will guarantee some revenue for the first airline that decides to start local commuter flights.

WASHINGTON – The Senate Banking Committee has scheduled a hearing for next Wednesday on the nomination of former NCUA Board Deborah Matz to return to the agency and be its chairman.

WASHINGTON – The Senate Banking Committee has scheduled a hearing for next Wednesday on the nomination of former NCUA Board Deborah Matz to return to the agency and be its chairman.

TAMPA, Fla. – Suncoast Schools FCU and GTE FCU said today they have ended their planned marriage, one of several giant mergers prompted by the recession in Florida and its impact on credit unions and banks.