SAN FRANCISCO – JPMorgan Chase & Co. said yesterday it will rebrand 708 Washington Mutual branches and 1,900 ATMs in California with the Chase logo on March 30 as part of its integration of previously acquired WaMu.

VANCOUVER, Wash. – Authorities are searching for a man they believe held up the iQ CU branch here twice in six days.

ANTELOPE, Calif. – A man tried to pry open a SAFE CU ATM with a crow-bar early in the morning of Dec. 30, but failed to open the cash machine.

LOMPOC, Calif. – CoastHills FCU said yesterday it is shutting two branches and consolidating the operations into two existing facilities.

MECHANICSBURG, Penn. – Members 1st FCU, whose vast community charter was overturned by a federal court last summer, opened its 33rd branch Monday in Carlisle, despite the legal setback that set its field of membership back to an employee-based charter.

CHARLEVOIX, Mich. – Members of Bay Winds FCU were $212,000 richer, courtesy of the credit union’s second annual bonus dividend deposited in their accounts on Dec. 31.

GREEN BAY, Wis. – PCM Employees CU announced yesterday it paid its members a year-end bonus dividend and loan interest rebate totaling almost $400,000.

RALEIGH, N.C. – State Employees CU overcame the national storm winds and reported one of its best years in 2008.

SEATTLE – The Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle reported that unrealized losses on its private-label mortgage backed securities will push it below regulatory capital limits and could force it to suspend dividends and excess stock repurchases.

ALBANY, N.Y. – State Employees FCU said yesterday it is now offering its members tuition discounts at more than 225 private colleges as part of a new savings inducement.

ST. SIMON’S ISLAND, Ga. – Non-sufficient funds fees continued to grow at a substantial rate at credit unions and banks last year, serving as a reliable source of income, even as net interest margin continued to compact, according to a new study released yesterday.

MISSOULA, Mon. – A man who robbed Missoula FCU yesterday morning was captured afterward after he was hit in a shoot-out with police.

FERNDALE, Wash. – A man who viciously slashed a Whatcom Educational CU member to within inches of her life while she was withdrawing cash at the ATM was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in prison.

RESTON, Va. – Sallie Mae said last week it has secured $1.5 billion in financing to help fund private student loans.

MINNEAPOLIS – Fair Isaac Corp. , provider of the ubiquitous FICO credit score, said last week it will cut 250 jobs this year, on top of the 420 positions it eliminated last year, for an overall work force reduction of 25%.

SAN FRANCISCO – ViVotech yesterday began a pilot that will allow drivers to make fuel purchases by merely tapping their phones at contactless payment readers at the pump.

BRIDGEPORT, Mich. – United Financial CU announced an agreement to acquire a branch owned by Firstbank in nearby Auburn.

FRANKENMUTH, Mich. – Frankenmuth CU said it opened two new branches in area Meijier department stores.

WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. – Western Division FCU announced it paid its members a record dividend this year totaling $1 million.

CANTON, N.Y. – An armed assailant who held up a SeaComm FCU branch Friday night got away with $221,500 after forcing tellers to enter the vault and fill a duffel bag with money.