ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Credit Union Network (MnCUN) has joined with other organizations to launch a fraud prevention campaign themed, “No More Minnesota Nice.”

VANCOUVER, Wash. – iQ Credit Union reported it is rebranding 14 additional ATMs at Walgreens stores in Clark County as its own.

WASHINGTON – NAFCU Services Corp. has announced plans to sponsor a national competition to develop 30- or 60-second videos that can be used by credit unions across the country on TV/cable and online to increase brand awareness and compete more effectively in their core markets.

JANESVILLE, Wis. – Just in time for the holidays, and before more members lose their homes, Blackhawk Community Credit Union here has placed a temporary halt on foreclosures.

WASHINGTON – Bank and thrift earnings slid a whopping 94% in the third quarter from one year earlier, to $1.7 billion, according to data released by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC).

WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve Board yesterday unveiled a plan to begin purchasing the debt of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Home Loan Banks – a move driven in part by the high cost of funding for the government-sponsored enterprises.

DULUTH, Ga. – Credit unions here helped staff a “radiothon” benefiting Children’s Miracle Network, and over the course of three days raised $825,000 for the cause.

ERIE, Penn. – Erie Federal Credit Union is unveiling a new financial literacy website at www.teachmeaboutmoney.org designed to teach all ages and levels of financial education.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The Golden 1 Credit Union is launching a discount auto buying program designed to help members reduce the cost and time needed for their next car purchase.

WASHINGTON – Retailers can expect a red Christmas if consumers make good on their plans to sharply reduce their holiday spending as reported in the ninth annual holiday spending survey conducted by the Consumer Federation of American and CUNA.

WASHINGTON – It isn’t just stockholders and the federal government that are on the hook in the plan to shore up Citigroup: other banks are, as well.

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. – A thief who used a stolen skid loader to pry loose an ATM then tried to roll down a hill to break it open ended up crashing down that same hill and trapping himself until police arrived.

SAMFORD, Fla. – At least eight members of Seminole Schools FCU have had their accounts emptied out as the result of what’s believed to be a skimmer scam.

MUSKEGO, Wis. – Corporate Central Credit Union is paying a $600,000 Patronage Refund for 2008 to its member credit unions.

NEW YORK – As the mortgage industry begins modifying troubled loans in greater numbers, early rounds of modifications are coming in for performance reviews.

McLEAN, Va. – Freddie Mac said next year it plans to eliminate or lower the up-front fees it charges lenders on the largest loans it guarantees.

DUBLIN, Ohio – American Mutual Share Insurance Corporation (ASI) has changed its current pricing formula for primary share insurance, a move that should mean significant savings to most of the company’s primary insured member credit unions starting in 2009.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – After conducting a liquidity risk assessment, Moody’s Investor Services reaffirmed Corporate One Federal Credit Union’s short-term rating as P-1, its highest rating designation, reflecting confidence in Corporate One’s liquidity position.

PROVO, Utah – Delinquency ratios at credit unions in all regions in the country are up over one year ago, with the Southeast, the mountain states and the West Coast seeing the sharpest increases.

MANCHESTER, N.H. – In a scene not seen in a century, credit union pioneers Alphonse Desjardins, Monsignor Pierre Hevey and Joseph Boivon all came together here yesterday to mark the 100th Anniversary of credit unions in the United States.