OGDEN, Utah - Federal Credit Union of the Year, assets $150 million or more

MANCHESTER, N.H. - The New Hampshire Credit Union League (NHCUL) presented the Make-A-Wish Foundation of New Hampshire a check for $157,000 at the league's recent golf tournament at Canterbury Woods Country Club.

PHOENIX - Mike Feeney lost his sight 17 years ago, yet almost every weekday he is at a cash register at Desert Schools Federal Credit Union's employee cafeteria.

ENDICOTT, N.Y. - Professional of the Year, assets $150 million or more.

NEW YORK - Members United Corporate FCU, the corporate giant created by last year's merger of two corporate credit unions, last week became the first credit union to connect with SVPCO, the fledgling electronic check and image exchange.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - With roughly 40% of all existing loans coming from indirect borrowers, the opportunity to turn those borrowers into true members has never been better, CUNA Mutual's Bill Jolicoeur, vice president and product leader, told a Discovery Conference workshop audience.

NEW YORK - Members United Corporate FCU, the corporate giant created by last year's merger of two corporate credit unions, last week became the first credit union to connect with SVPCO, the fledgling electronic check and image exchange.

CUs Refund Fees To Hospitals

eCU Technologies Develops UPost3.0

LAS VEGAS - This is not designed to be a feel-good session; this is designed to be a wake-up session. -Mike Hales

CUs Refund Fees To Hospitals

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - One of the lessons learned-but unreported-in the failed hostile takeover attempt of Continental FCU is that members would have likely turned down a merger bid with the $1.6-billion, Minnesota-based Wings Financial Credit Union, according to Continental CEO Tom Glatt.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Volunteer of the Year, Assets $150 million or more)

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Credit cards are the competitive market for Brooklyn Cooperative Federal Credit Union, instead of banks and other financial institutions, according to Samira Rajan, COO and director of lending.

LONDON - The British government has published a "consultation document" it says is aimed at showing commitment to the country's mutual financial services sector by ensuring it has identified the sector's needs and put forward the best solutions to ensure those needs are met. According to the government, approximately 50% of the UK population (30 million) belongs to a mutual organization and mutual control approximately £400 billion in assets.

HARAHAN, La. - The Louisiana Credit Union League hosted eight Russian credit union executives at training seminars on operations, board oversight, member services, and financial management. The seminars, held with the assistance of the World Council of Credit Unions, is the first of several international partnership program opportunities that the league said it will provide to countries interested in creating a credit union league of their own.

Throughout 2007, the Credit Union Journal is profiling the credit unions of each U.S. state and D.C. Rather than appear in alphabetical order, the states are being featured in the order they became states.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Carolina Postal Credit Union has implemented Priority Payday Checking for its United States Postal Service members to help steer members clear of predatory payday lenders.

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. - Ascend United, a broker of distressed loans for credit unions, said last week it is coordinating the purchase of millions of dollars in loans from failed subprime auto lender Centrix Financial in hopes of selling the loans on the secondary market.

LAS VEGAS - CUDL (CU Direct Corporation) said its AutoSMART program and website has reached a record number of credit union and auto dealer participants.