PORTLAND, Ore. – Rivermark Community CU yesterday said it has signed with Code Green to implement the company’s CI-750 Content Inspection Appliance to protect data for its 43,000 members.

PALO ALTO, Calif. – Stanford FCU became the first credit union to deploy PayLynx for Small Business, a new service offered by PSCU Financial Services.

BOSTON – Fast-growing Telephone Workers CU received permission from state regulators to move its headquarters out of the downtown financial district to suburban Braintree.

CARSON CITY, Nev. – Greater Nevada CU yesterday announced it has contracted with Gila Group to collect on the credit union’s delinquent accounts.

WALLINGFORD, Conn. – The Connecticut CU League yesterday announced it hired Dr. Anthony Emerson, an executive with Maine Savings FCU in Hampden, Maine, as its president and CEO.

SAN DIEGO – Ron Martin, who helped build Mission FCU into one of the most successful large credit unions over the last 12 years, yesterday announced he is retiring as president and CEO of the $1.8 billion credit union on April 30.

WASHINGTON – At least one community activist will ask Congress during hearings today on the Community Reinvestment Act to expand CRA to include credit unions.

WASHINGTON – The credit union lobby said “thanks, but no thanks” to a proposal to add regulatory relief provisions of the CU Regulatory Improvements Act–CURIA–today to legislation that would bar Wal-Mart banks, saying the proposal would give much more to banks than to credit unions.

WASHINGTON – Credit unions are being offered a deal that would give them several regulatory relief provisions of the CURIA proposal–but not the most important ones–as part of a bill expected to be voted by the Senate Banking Committee as early as tomorrow.

VANCOUVER, Wash. – With the Pacific Northwest known for its rainy weather, members Columbia CU were given a chance to "Earn More If It Pours" with a bump-up certificate that paid them 6.10%.

TREVOSE, Penn. – TruMark Financial CU said it has implemented Digital Defense Inc.’s new Frontline security compliance management system.

BELLEVUE, Wash. – Coinstar last week said costs to remake the front entrance at 1,500 Wal-Mart stores with its Redbox DVD rentals and coin-counting machines caused it to report a fourth quarter loss of $37.2 million, or $1.43 a share. That compares to a profit of $5 million, or 18 cents a share, for the same quarter last year.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana University Employees CU yesterday said it has begun using Wolters Kluwer’s Rembrandt Lending System.

GEORGETOWN, Del. – Delaware State Police FCU yesterday said it signed with TRC Interactive to provide its employees with online training services through its CreditUnionTrainingOnline program.

NEW YORK – CashEdge yesterday announced it was awarded a U.S. Patent for its method of executing an electronic funds transfer, which allows individuals to transfer funds between accounts housed at different financial institutions and to fund new accounts.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. – CO-OP Financial Services said it is now offering a full suite of digital products to capture, proof and clear checks.

OSWEGO, N.Y. – The president of Oswego Teachers’ Employees FCU, whose body was found on a secluded country road near here last summer, had apparently stolen more than $282,000 from the credit union and was about to be detected.

BREMERTON, Wash. – An 18-year-old member of Kitsap CU told police she may have mistakenly deposited a bag of crystal meth into her account at the ATM, instead of the intended cash.

KIMBERLY, Wis. – In a breakthrough for credit unions, Capital CU yesterday announced it has partnered with the state Division of Motor Vehicles to accept vehicle registration renewals at all of its local branches.

WEST WARHAM, Mass. - Plymouth County Teachers FCU is offering lines of credit up to $2,500 to meet heating bills this winter.