SUMTER, S.C. – SAFE FCU yesterday said it has signed with Dynamic Card Solutions to install the company’s CardWizard instant card issuing machines at its branches.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Credit unions now have an effective means of responding to member concerns over the safety of their savings.

HOUSTON – Cardtronics Inc., which has emerged as the leading provider of ATM services for credit unions, reported a $3.4 million loss for the second quarter, or nine cents a share, even as revenues continued to surge.

BOSTON – About 100 state chartered credit unions this week received expanded powers to offer additional loans and services under a new law giving them parity with federal charters.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Credit unions are calling on NCUA to allow them to charge prepayment penalties on member business loans, a practice that currently is prohibited by NCUA.

AUGUSTA, Maine – The Maine Human Rights Commission on Monday found that Rainbow FCU discriminated against a disabled job applicant when it refused to consider her for a teller job last year.

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. – DealerTrack Holdings, a provider of indirect lending solutions, yesterday said net income for its second quarter declined by 50% to $3.1 million, or seven cents a share.

NORTH CANTON, Ohio – ATM and voting machine maker Diebold Inc. yesterday said its second quarter earnings dropped 5% to $25.6 million, or 38 cents a share, due to manufacturing and supply chain restructuring charges and work force reduction costs.

GERMANTOWN, Md. – Montgomery County Employees FCU yesterday moved its offices from the Washington suburb of Rockville, Md., to nearby Germantown.

LEOMINSTER, Mass. – Leominster CU contributed $40,000 to the Clinton Hospital Partnership Program, which supports the Clinton Hospital.

PASADENA, Calif. – Wescom CU yesterday announced that its Wescom Resources Group CUSO has signed with TraceSecurity to offer the company’s security testing to other credit unions.

TEMPE, Ariz. – TruWest CU yesterday said it has implemented Digital Dialogue’s DigiKnow, an online tool that centralizes data for staff and members.

SANTA ANA, Calif. – Orange County’s CU has installed MortgageFlex Systems’ Internet-based mortgage loan system, called LoanQuest.

LOMPOC, Calif. – CoastHills FCU yesterday announced it has completed the installation of digital signs and software from Captive Indoor Media, known as Codigo, at seven of its branches.

LAKE JACKSON, Texas – Texas Dow Employees CU yesterday rolled out a new package of financial management tools targeted at members between 19 and 25 years old, so-called Generation Y.

SAN DIMAS, Calif. – Christian Community CU yesterday announced an affinity card deal with Mission Aviation Fellowship aimed at generating thousands of dollars to help fund missionary work in Third World countries.

WARNER ROBINS, Ga. – John Ruffin, a former top NCUA executive who has been running Robins FCU the past five years, announced his retirement yesterday after 37 years in the credit union business.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Just after a year after converting to a mutual saving bank, Sunshine Bancorp, the former Sunshine State CU, has filed to raise as much as $10.7 million in an initial stock offering.

OAKLAND, Mich. – Members of T&C FCU are expected to approve the merger of the one-time General Motors credit union with Auburn Hills-based USA CU tonight, creating the state’s fourth-largest credit union with more than $1.2 billion in assets.

PORTLAND, Ore. – A heavyset man with a protruding belly who robbed Rivermark CU here Friday morning is believed to be the same assailant who held up at least two other area credit unions since May, authorities said.