GREENSBORO, N.C. – Employees and members of Premier FCU raised $47,000 in two months to benefit a three-year-old uninsured member who lost his battle with leukemia last month.

FITCHBURG, Mass. – Workers’ CU has made a $40,000 contribution to Fitchburg State College.

KINGSTON, N.Y. – Ulster FCU plans to open its new offices here today, a 7,800-square-foot facility.

VACAVILLE, Calif. – Travis CU last week said it has signed a multi-year contract with Online Resources Corp. for retail Internet banking and other services.

FREEPORT, N.Y. – A Bethpage FCU member last week was charged with using false information to open accounts electronically, then using the accounts to steal $60,000.

SAN FRANCISCO – Andrew Hunter, who helped build Patelco CU into one of the largest credit unions in the country, said Friday he plans to retire next year.

LIMA, Ohio – A former credit union collections officer who went to an NCUA examiner with allegations of a scheme to masquerade delinquent loans last week filed suit against the federal regulator claiming he was fired after the examiner exposed his role to credit union management.

WASHINGTON – The credit union lobby and its top congressional allies are attempting to revive the regulatory relief bill for credit unions and get it primed for a vote.

WASHINGTON – The House Judiciary Committee this week is scheduled to debate a bill aimed at reigning in the rising interchange fees charged consumers on each electronic transaction – which are a substantial revenue source for many credit unions.

KINGSTON, N.Y. – Mid-Hudson Valley FCU says it has become the first credit union in the nation to launch 24/7 live teller banking – not a call center, not an ATM, nor Internet banking, but an actual, live human being available to serve members.

Are any design/build firms taking energy costs/green building seriously, because what we’ve been shown seem to be off-the-shelf facilities?

Members continued to draw their funds out of ailing Cal State 9 Credit Union at an increasing rate in the first quarter, while losses at the one-time $465 million-asset institution, another victim of the mortgage crisis, continued to grow.

LENEXA, Kan. - U.S. Central FCU said it has been approved to access the Federal Reserve’s credit facilities, including intraday credit and the discount window.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. - Members of CUs that are part of CO-OP Financial Services’ can now find a CO-OP Network ATM while on the go using their cell phones or their satellite-based navigational units.

LOS ANGELES - USC CU announced last week it is launching a CUSO that will provide servicing and processing for other credit unions to offer private student loans, the latest in a expanding number of credit union initiatives aimed at helping stem the growing crisis in the student loan market.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Beginning in this issue readers will find coverage from Credit Union Journal’s unique and popular Grow Show, which focused on all aspects of growth at credit unions, from business development to better penetrating membership bases to examining the business model to managing expenses. Unfortunately, we aren’t able to cover even a fraction of all that was discussed. Click on the related links at right for Grow Show highlights. (c) 2008 The Credit Union Journal and SourceMedia, Inc. All Rights Reserved. http://www.cujournal.com http://www.sourcemedia.com

KINGSTON, N.Y. - It’s 3 a.m.–can you walk into a branch and find a live human teller to help you? You can if you’re a member of Mid-Hudson Valley FCU.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Self-Help CU is planning to buy foreclosed homes in a newly built northwest Charlotte subdivision, then either sell them or rent them with an option to buy as part of a pilot program aimed at alleviating the growing foreclosure crisis.

FHLB Chicago Reports Big Loss For The First Quarter

COLUMBUS, Ohio - One Washington credit union is reporting it used something as mundane as a member vote on a conversion from a federal to a state charter to not just re-connect with its own members but to attract more than 1,000 new members, as well.