OTTERTAIL, Minn. – In another sign of the troubled economy, Spire Financial CU has filed to foreclose on more than $13 million in delinquent loans made to a distressed commercial project here.

LANCASTER, Penn. – A pistol-wielding man who allegedly robbed Bucks First FCU last October of $580 this week was charged with being the so-called “Mummy Bandit,” responsible for five area heists.

LAS VEGAS – Fuze Digital Solutions today announced at Call Center Week here it has filed a patent application for new technology that facilitates, motivates and rewards people in a community for contributing content to a knowledgebase.

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. – Internet start-up Mortgage Grader yesterday announced it was granted a U.S. Patent that allows borrowers to compare all features of a mortgage online, side-by-side.

MARLBOROUGH, Mass. – Digital FCU yesterday said it has signed with Guardian Analytics to implement the company’s FraudMAP online fraud prevention system.

WASHINGTON – CUNA yesterday said it renewed an agreement with Freddie Mac to provide credit unions with the secondary mortgage market giant’s products and services and correspondent lending.

PALO ALTO, Calif. – Addison Avenue FCU yesterday said it has installed Saba Software’s OnDemand staff management system.

LANCASTER, Penn. – Lancaster Red Rose CU plans to open a branch in the city’s Puerto Rican Cultural Center to serve the area’s burgeoning Puerto Rican population.

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Star One CU yesterday said it is allowing its members to make deposits on their home computers through CO-OP Financial’s MY DEPOSIT system.

FLINT, Mich. – Dort FCU yesterday announced the launch of its online only, no-fee saving and checking accounts that offer above-average interest rates.

DES MOINES, Iowa – Iowa Corporate Central CU yesterday announced it has donated $100,000 to the Iowa CU Foundation’s Disaster Relief Fund after issuing a $50,000 matching grant challenge to the credit union community.

MICHIGAN CENTER, Mich. – The former chief financial officer for Cascades Community FCU was charged with siphoning $339,000 from the credit union to cover his stock market losses.

Texas Tech Federal Credit Union is trying to help students beat rising gas costs by teaming with the university to offer interest-free loans up to $500 to buy a bicycle.

Time Running Out for ‘CURIA-Lite’

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Fidelity National Information Services announced yesterday that the Securities and Exchange Commission has approved its spin-off of its Lender Processing Services unit, the largest mortgage processor in the country.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Check printer Deluxe Corp. announced an agreement to acquire Hostopia.com, a Canadian provider of web hosting services for small and medium-sized businesses, for $125 million (Canadian).

MINNEAPOLIS – Accounting and consulting firm LarsonAllen said it is expanding its Washington, D.C., presence with the acquisition of Schreiner, Legge & Co., a popular auditor for large credit unions.

ITHACA, N.Y. – CFCU Community CU said yesterday it has agreed to convert processing of its 11,000 credit card accounts to PSCU Financial Services.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – Kern Schools FCU said it has integrated 46 full-service imaging-enabled Diebold ATMs.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – L&N FCU has notified federal regulators/louisville/gen/Federal_Deposit that counterfeit cashier's checks bearing the credit union's name are in circulation, associated with a secret shopping scam.