MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Parsam said three more large credit unions–Fairwinds CU, First CU and KeyPoint CU–have contracted for its uMonitor uOpen and uFund online account opening and funding services.

IRONDALE, Ala. – Corporate America CU yesterday announced it has signed to implement Vsoft Corp.’s full suite of remote capture solutions, as well as its image exchange, image archive and research software.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Truliant FCU said it has signed with LifeLock to offer its members a lifetime discount on the company’s identity protection services.

BELLINGHAM, Wash. – Whatcom Educational CU said it has installed Hyland Software’s OnBase document and records management system.

ODESSA, Texas – First Basin CU, which last month terminated its 90-day balloting on converting to a mutual savings bank, made it official yesterday and ended its bid to switch to a bank.

WASHINGTON – The pace of congressional deliberations on CURIA, a regulatory relief bill for credit unions, could pick up even more with the possible introduction of a Senate version of the bill by week’s end.

WASHINGTON – Lawmakers yesterday renewed their efforts to get the Bush administration to pump liquidity into the student loan market–as major lenders continue their departure.

WASHINGTON – NCUA Chairman JoAnn Johnson yesterday told the Senate Banking Committee credit unions have beefed up their provisions for loan losses over the past year and are well positioned to weather the continuing credit storm.

SAN FRANCISCO – Visa is planning to issue mandatory redemption of as much as two-thirds of the shares being issued to credit unions and banks in its pending initial public offering, limiting the potential gains from the expected run-up of the new shares.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – PSCU Financial Services yesterday said it is launching contactless cards for credit and debit platforms.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – A former public works employee yesterday pleaded guilty to stealing more than $34,000 in coins he was collecting from city parking meters and depositing them into his credit union account.

NORTH CANTON, Ohio – Shares in Diebold Inc. yesterday soared 60% after the company rebuffed a $2.6 billion takeover offer from United Technologies, labeling the bid "opportunistic."

SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio City Employees FCU plans to build as many as eight new branches this year.

WASHINGTON – Expenses for CUNA’s “Little Guy” lobbying campaign helped cut net income for CUNA to just $500,000 last year, from $2.9 million in 2006, the trade association announced at its annual Government Affairs Conference yesterday.

TUKWILA, Wash. – BECU said it plans to open at least six new branches, and as many as seven, including its first in downtown Seattle.

GLASTONBURY, Conn. – Open Solutions announced it is marketing its new core processing system, named DNA, which was created with the collaboration of the company’s credit union and banking customers.

EL PASO, Texas – West Texas CU announced it is the first credit union to test pilot VERO’s automated check cashing system, designed to reduce fraud and streamline the process.

ATLANTA – Harland Financial Solutions yesterday launched a web-based mobile banking system that will allow credit unions to offer account access and transactions via mobile devices.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – CME FCU yesterday said it is installing a variety of social computing tools from NewsGator to enhance employee collaboration and member service.

BATON ROUGE, La. – Campus FCU yesterday said it has hired Extractable to provide member survey and website redesign services.