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OGDEN, Utah—Weber State Credit Union has partnered with Weber State University Alumni Association (WSUAA) to create the Wildcat Card, a Visa Platinum credit card. With every purchase, a portion of the transaction revenue is donated to WSUAA’s student scholarship program and then awarded to students in need.

ARLINGTON, Va.–Rules affecting federally insured state-chartered credit unions (FISCUs) should be consolidated in one place – following the example of other federal regulators – and numerous other changes should be considered in NCUA’s rules, including shortening how federal share insurance is described, according to the National Association of State Credit Union Supervisors.

IRVINE, Calif.–The foreclosure inventory in the U.S. declined by 25.9% and completed foreclosures declined by 4.9% in June of this year when compared with the same period one year earlier, according to the National Foreclosure Report from CoreLogic.

SEATTLE–Seattle Metropolitan Credit Union said it is partnering with the City of Seattle’s Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs (OIRA), to roll out two new Citizenship Loans to help immigrants and refugees finance their path to U.S. citizenship.

AZUSA, Calif.–Jolina Monique Sanchez, a former employee of Azusa City Employees CU, has been sentenced to almost three-and-a-half years behind bars for embezzling more than $270,000 from the credit union, MyNewsLA.com reported.

ARLINGTON, Va.—The Trump and Clinton presidential campaigns are being closely monitored by NAFCU’s advocacy teams, which will continue to advance with both the need for regulatory relief for CUs and to preserve credit unions’ tax-exempt status, the trade group said.

BEDFORD, Ind.—The $470-million Hoosier Hills Credit Union is expanding its main office campus here by adding an 8,056-square-foot building to house growing corporate functions.