Below are the 100 largest credit unions in the U.S. as of year-end 2006. Note: Assets are in millions.

VIENNA, Va. - Everybody wants a piece of the new dashboards that Navy FCU is using to manage key performance indicators (KPI).

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SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Digital Defense, Inc., a provider of threat and security information management services, has placed Rick Fleming, a member of the company's management team, on an indefinite leave of absence in the wake of child pornography charges against him.

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DULUTH, Ga. - Some credit unionists have been holding their breath since the 2006 "friendly takeover" of Nationwide CU by Nationwide Bank.

MURRIETA, Calif. - CUTEK is working with Moebs $ervices, an economic research firm that provides financial institutions with the data, understanding, and actions necessary to generate growth and profitability. CUTEK will help Moebs integrate its patented method of conducting Commercial Services.

MILWAUKEE - Metavante Corporation announced the release of the first receivables lockbox processing solution from its Commercial Treasury Solutions division built on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux platform. This development is designed to extend the reach of the solution by lowering the total cost of ownership, enhancing performance and employing stricter security standards. Benefits of VICOR RIDS 9.0 include:

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - For the second time in two months, the NCUA Board last week set a hard-and-fast standard on community fields of membership, barring two Ohio credit unions from serving almost 2 million people surrounding Cincinnati.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Four local men were sentenced to prison for their roles in string of armed robberies, including January's theft of $313,000 from Commonwealth CU in Kankakee.

All the talk about merger and "bank-raiding" acquisition of CUs is another sign of an industry in search of answers and not getting them, leading some to wonder if we're going to see a credit union version of "The Great Escape."

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We have an online training module but monitoring employees' use of it is becoming a full-time job. Is there a better way to prompt employees to complete online training?

APPLE VALLEY, Minn. - The proposed merger bid by Wings Financial FCU to Continental FCU raises numerous questions. Here's how WFFCU CEO Paul Parish responded to questions from the Credit Union Journal:

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Nearly 200 people "attended" a web seminar hosted by the Credit Union Journal and Mark Monitor entitled, "Protecting Your Members Against Phishing Attacks."

RALEIGH, N.C. - State Employees CU, sponsor of the largest credit union scholarship in the nation, will award $15,000 in college scholarships annually to children of public sector workers who were fatally injured in work-related accidents.

ST. LOUIS - Annheuser-Busch Employees' CU announced it has agreed to implement OHVA Security's SoundPass multi-factor authentication software.

Just when you think there are no credit union cans of worms left to open, someone pulls back the lid on a big bucket of nightcrawlers.

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Just when you think there are no credit union cans of worms left to open, someone pulls back the lid on a big bucket of nightcrawlers.