Navy Federal Credit Union plans to open two branches next year in Colorado Springs, the home of the Air Force Academy.

HONOLULU – Aloha Pacific FCU offered its member some relief from rising gas prices yesterday--a new Affinity Card which provides a five-cents per gallon discount to members at 80 Aloha Petroleum locations.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Prospects for the latest spin off by Fidelity National Financial Services took a blow yesterday after the company said Bank of America notified Fidelity National it is leaning towards phasing out its mortgage processing contract after it completes its acquisition of Countrywide Financial.

INDIANAPOLIS – Allied Solutions LLC yesterday said it has acquired the direct mail business of Gateway Services Group LLC, a CUSO for 100 credit unions.

MADISON, Wis. – CUNA Mutual Group announced it is expanding its 401(k) retirement program beyond credit union employees to include select employee groups, business members and local businesses.

HARVEY, La. – Jefferson Financial CU, located just outside New Orleans, where members were left service-less after Hurricane Katrina, yesterday said it has signed with Integrated Media Management to install the company’s TotaleAtlasWeb to help prepare it for future disasters.

VISALIA, Calif. – A former member service representative at Tucoemas CU on Friday was sentenced to four months in prison for embezzling more than $48,000 from the accounts of elderly members.

WASHINGTON – More than 4 million Social Security and Supplemental Security Income recipients who do not have bank accounts will have the option of getting a prepaid MasterCard debit card with their benefits, rather than a paper check.

PASADENA, Calif. – Wescom CU yesterday said it is offering reverse mortgages, helping senior homeowners tap into the equity in their homes.

DENVER – In a move certain to drag the case on indefinitely, former Centrix Financial owner Robert Sutton on Friday filed a notice of appeal with a federal bankruptcy court of the court’s order confirming the Chapter 11 liquidation of the failed subprime auto lender, sending any possible recovery for the hundreds of wounded credit unions farther into the future.

OMAHA, Neb. – The former vice president of First Nebraska Educators CU last week was charged in a civil suit filed by the credit union with embezzling $900,000.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Credit unions across the state are helping to combat identity theft by inviting their members to bring in personal documents this month for destruction.

RALEIGH, N.C. – Employees of State Employees CU collected more than $43,000 for the annual March of Dimes March for Babies spring event.

EUGENE, Ore. – About fifty members of SELCO Community CU last week said they received calls from an automated system telling them to call a toll-free number that brought a request for the caller’s ATM card number and four-digit PIN.

JACKSON, Mich. – American 1 FCU has agreed to pay $112,500 over the next 10 years to lend its name to and sponsor the Jackson County Fair Events Center.

FITCHBURG, Mass. – Fitchburg FCU has introduced zero-percent loans of up to $10,000 to help its members fund energy efficiency projects.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Navy FCU, which last month was approved to serve Army and Air Force personnel, last week said it plans to open two new branches here, the home of the Air Force Academy, next year.

FAIRHAVEN, Mass. – First Citizens’ FCU said it has upgraded its ATMs to allow members to conduct transactions in English, Spanish or Portuguese.

SANTA ROSA, Calif. – Redwood CU on Friday said it has received regulatory approval to acquire ailing California Preferred CU, giving it a second San Francisco branch.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California’s Department of Financial Institutions on Friday said it has created a new position of chief examiner in its Division of CUs, and named long-time supervisory examiner Bert McLane to the role.