ROANOKE, Va. – Member One FCU yesterday announced it has hired Frank Carter, the senior vice president for Grow FCU, as its new president and CEO.

MARLBOROUGH, Mass. – Digital FCU said its DCU Realty LLC unit is offering local residents bus tours of foreclosed properties to help boost real estate sales and lending.

SAN ANTONIO – Security Service FCU said it has implemented ESRI’s BusinessMAP Financial to provide it with market demographics for areas surrounding its current branches to help it evaluate sites for new centers.

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – Arrowhead CU yesterday announced it signed a contract with Hyatt Advertising of Redlands, Calif., for radio, print, interactive media and product promotions.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – NCUA decided to pull from the market a $26 million package of distressed Florida real estate loans originated by failed Huron River Area FCU due to a lack of adequate offers.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – NCUA said it has hired seven new examiners who will focus mainly on the California market, where plunging real estate values have infected all lenders.

SAN DIEGO -- First Future CU and California Coast CU said today they have agreed to combine in the latest credit union mega-merger, creating a credit union with more than $1.8 billion in assets and 130,000 members.

SAN DIEGO -- First Future CU and California Coast CU said today they have agreed to combine in the latest credit union mega-merger, creating a credit union with more than $1.8 billion in assets and 130,000 members.

LOS ANGELES – One firefighter was killed and another was critically injured yesterday afternoon when an explosion rocked an intersection near Los Angeles International Airport and heavily damaged the Water and Power Community CU building.

ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. – Red-faced officials at Fairwinds CU apologized to two members who were mistakenly fingered as identity thieves by video surveillance tape at one of its ATMs.

PRYOR, Okla. – Mayes County FCU filed suit in state court claiming a former manager embezzled almost $1.7 million by creating phony deposits in the names of her family members.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – MidWest America FCU yesterday said Charles Bitler will retire March 31, ending 37 years at the credit union–the last 13 as president and CEO.

ROANOKE, Va. – Member One FCU said its long-time president and CEO, Dick Williams–the only chief executive the 36-year-old credit union has ever had–is retiring today.

LEOMINSTER, Mass. – Workers’ CU yesterday said it is opening a full-service branch in a new Wal-Mart store opening in May.

ATLANTA – Citing a city ordinance, the city council here rejected a request from Delta Community CU to build a supersized sign to accommodate its new logo.

MADISON, Wis. – MEMBERS Trust Co. yesterday announced three large credit unions–Ent FCU, Visions FCU and GTE FCU–will offer their members a new reverse mortgage product through the CUSO.

LYNN, Mass. – The man who robbed St. Jean’s CU Monday is believed to be the same one who held up the credit union three other times since Feb. 7, including once last week.

KINGSFORD, Mich. – Norbert “Bing” Emond, who served as a volunteer for Iron Mountain Kingsford Community FCU for 47 years, the last 43 as chairman of the board, passed away March 15 at 79.

ATHENS, Penn. – Ingersoll-Rand FCU said it has promoted its chief financial officer, Michael Viselli, to be the new president and CEO of the $46 million credit union.

INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, Minn. – Heartland CU yesterday said it has signed with LifeLock to provide its members with discounted identity theft prevention services.