I recently had dinner with a former credit union executive who is one of the sharpest people I've ever worked with. Gina Maria Sacripanti spent 16 years in CU management. Two years ago she graduated magna cum laude from George Washington University's highly ranked MBA program. She then left her post as COO of FDIC FCU to become director of business development & marketing for the Washington Examiner.

PHOENIX-Arizona FCU, which reported a credit union-record $115.9-million loss last year, said it plans to shutter two more branches, both of them in Tucson.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Harvard University Employees FCU announced a deal to provide loans to international graduate and professional students at Harvard University.

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — As they work to revive U.S. Central FCU and WesCorp FCU, NCUA officials are struggling with a $23-billion question; what to do with the troubled mortgage-backed securities at the two corporate giants that continue to decline in value?

ISHPEMING, Mich. — Aggressive interest rates and solid business connections enabled Ishpeming Community FCU to grow its loan portfolio by 15% last year and earn second place in the borrowing category on Callahan's Return of the Member rankings.

SAN FRANCISCO — In response to double-digit unemployment numbers in this state, Patelco CU is taking drastic measure to prevent delinquency.

HOUSTON – Two 20-year-old men who pointed shotguns at people during a November 2008 robbery at Investex CU pleaded guilty yesterday to aggravated bank robbery charges in the $202,250 heist.

NORCROSS, Ga. – Postilion said it has signed for new credit union customers for its Self-Service Banking solution, Cornerstone Financial CU, First Light FCU, Generations FCU and Redwood CU.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Pinnacle CU, the oldest credit union in the city, is holding a ribbon cutting April 23 to celebrate the grand re-opening of its West Jefferson branch lobby, which has been recently renovated.

YAKIMA, Wash. – Catholic CU said it is opening a branch in the new Wal-Mart Supercenter.

DULUTH, Ga. – Georgia FCU, the credit union for the Archdiocese of Atlanta, has announced a new promotion that will aid local Catholic parishes.

DENVER – Public Service CU announced yesterday it has opened branches in the suburbs of Greeley and Brighton, where it just acquired Brighton Cooperative FCU.

McLEAN, Va. – Long-term mortgage rates resumed their retreat again this week, after tipping up slightly last week, according to Freddie Mac.

MADISON, Wis. – CUNA Mutual Group announced yesterday that its MEMBERS Capital Advisors and Madison Investment Advisors, a Madison-based Investment firm, have agreed to form a joint venture which will provide credit unions with access to a variety of investment managers and products.

KENNEWICK, Wash. – The 70-year-old former manager of Tri-City Medical CU, on the run for the last 26 years, confessed yesterday to stealing $106,000 from the credit union in 1983.

SANTA FE, N.M. – More than two dozen New Mexico credit unions are waiving non-member surcharges on unemployment insurance debit cards.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Members of the NCUA Board have agreed to answer questions from readers of Credit Union Journal on any of the issues facing credit unions.

POULSBO, Wash. – Authorities are hunting for a suspect who was dressed like a woman when he robbed the Kitsap County CU Monday.

RIDGECREST, Calif. – AltaOne FCU said it has deployed SonicWALL’s Network Security Appliance E5500 solution to provide high-availability and high-performance Unified Threat Management for its internal and member networks.