CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Penn. – For the seventh consecutive year, U$X FCU has paid out a "Loyalty Reward" to its members.

WORCESTER, Mass. – A local man was arrested and charged with robbing the Digital FCU branch Saturday afternoon after his unwitting getaway driver realized his taxicab was being used for that purpose and drove away.

WICHITA, Kan. – Boeing Wichita CU promoted its new brand–the state’s largest credit union is now Meritrust CU–during yesterday’s Super Bowl.

WALL STREET – Rating agency Standard & Poor’s downgraded U.S. Central FCU again on Friday after NCUA announced a $1 billion bailout of the central bank for credit unions in the wake of a $1.2 billion loss for U.S. Central’s fourth quarter.

WASHINGTON -- A fired Fannie Mae contract worker pleaded not guilty Friday to charges he planted a virus designed to destroy all the data on the secondary mortgage market giant's 4,000 computer servers nationwide.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Widespread opposition was building last week among both healthy and troubled credit unions to NCUA’s $5 billion corporate credit union rescue plan announced earlier in the week.

PEORIA, Ill.-More than 60,000 Americans were handed pink slips last Monday alone, and as layoffs pile up, credit unions are racing to their members' sides to ease the pain as much as possible.

WASHINGTON-There's a new administration and Congress in place in Washington, and they're facing plenty of problems. If you were the new president or a Member of Congress, what would be some of your proposals and solutions?

PASADENA, Calif.-With 2009 projected to result in another net operating loss, Wescom Credit Union is cutting 175 positions and consolidating two branches.

MADISON, Wis.-The World Council of Credit Unions is piloting a project to match the savings accumulated by low-income residents of villages in rural Mexico, which will also allow citizens in developed countries to make donations to help underwrite the matching funds.

NCUSIF Is Projecting A $113.4M Loss In December

SEWICKLEY, Penn.-Last weekend's Super Bowl included a wager with a CU twist.

TOLEDO, Ohio-The National CU Foundation has awarded a $69,500 Innovation Grant to the Ohio CU foundation to help develop a credit union for Latinos in northwest Ohio, which would be the first new state charter in decades.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.-Federal prosecutors said CUs and banks have recovered more than $16 million from the alleged fraud to buy phantom yachts but are still seeking to locate as much as $9 million more.

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Charlotte Metro CU here hoped to score new members with the help of the ad it ran during this year's Super Bowl on Feb. 1.

PHOENIX-An assailant fired a shot at a cash carrier car outside Desert Schools FCU but was hit by the armored car and fled instead.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich.-Marshall Community CU selected eight high school students to compete in its "Financially Made" program, which will reward each with $150 in matching deposits.

WICHITA, Kan.-Boeing Wichita CU, the state's largest CU, has changed its name to Meritrust CU.

LAKELAND, Fla.-MidFlorida FCU said its real estate CUSO, MidFlorida Real Estate Sales LLC, has acquired two independent real estate companies, expanding its reach in the local market.

WALNUT CREEK, Calif.-The bad news: problems with the economy won't just disappear. The good news: credit unions still have a few tricks up their sleeves, according to Steve Punch, CEO of Pacific Services Credit Union.