MINNEAPOLIS – Fair Isaac & Co., maker of the ubiquitous FICO score, said it has agreed to sell its insurance bill review operations and cut as many as 200 jobs in order to reduce costs.

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. – TJX Cos., which paid $40.9 million in December to settle claims with credit union and bank Visa issuers over last year’s massive data breach, yesterday said it has agreed to provide $24 million to MasterCard issuers to settle their claims.

SANTA ANA, Calif. – Orange County Teachers Federal Credit Union, the nation's largest credit union for school employees and their families, will be changing its name to SchoolsFirst FCU today.

NEW YORK–The entire financial services industry is still getting its arms around a U.S. Treasury proposal that would essentially merge the financial regulatory agencies and create a mortgage regulator.

BISMARCK, N.D. – Capital CU yesterday said it has signed a new multi-year processing agreement for its Visa credit cards with OneBridge.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A man convicted of seven area credit union and bank robberies on Monday was sentenced to a year in prison for each of the heists–a total of seven years behind bars.

RALEIGH, N.C. – Coastal FCU yesterday said it has signed a five-year contract with IBM Lender Business Process Services to service its mortgage portfolio.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Alaska USA FCU has selected Fiserv’s Integrated Cash Operations Modules to automate the cash management for its 200 ATMs and 50 branches in Alaska and Washington state, the $3.6 billion credit union said yesterday.

MOLINE, Ill. – IH Mississippi Valley CU yesterday announced it will install vSoft Corp’s Image Capture, Check 21 and Returns software.

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. – City-County FCU yesterday said it has signed with mFoundry to provide it with mobile banking services.

PASADENA, Calif. – Wescom CU yesterday said it is allowing members to post personalized images on their credit and check cards.

VIENNA, Va. – Navy FCU yesterday announced it has joined the MoneyPass ATM network, giving its members surcharge-free access to more than 12,000 MoneyPass ATMs in the U.S.

LANSING, Mich. – The Governor’s office has designated credit unions as one of the lenders to help homeowners avoid foreclosure in a package of bills passed by the state legislature.

HOUSTON – The Neighborhood Centers Inc., a low-income community development corporation, has submitted an application to the Texas CU Division to charter a credit union for the mostly Hispanic southwestern portion of the city.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A teller was in critical condition at a nearby hospital last night after she was shot during a robbery at the State Employees CU branch here yesterday morning.

BOULDER, Colo. – Bill Sterner, the well-respected CEO of Elevations CU and a long-time credit union activist, died yesterday following a heart attack he suffered March 28.

HARTFORD, Conn. – United Technologies Corp. said it has acquired a 3.5% stake in Diebold Inc., even after the ATM manufacturer rejected the company’s takeover offer.

WILBRAHAM, Mass. – ValleyStone CU yesterday said it has sold its credit card portfolio to TNB Card Services.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Twin City Co-ops FCU, the area’s fifth-largest credit union, yesterday changed its name to Spire FCU.

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. – South Carolina FCU will roll out a new incentive program today providing members with reward points every time they pay a bill online.