DENVER, Colo. - It's no surprise to California and Florida credit unions that each of the 10 hardest hit counties for home price declines are located in the two states.

AUGUSTA, Maine -- A former board member of the KV Federal Credit Union has written in a local paper to urge fellow CU members not to vote to convert the CU and merge it with a mutual bank.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - PSCU Financial Services said it signed 22 credit unions as users of its PayLynx bill pay solution in 2008 and added 783,000 new individual subscribers.

ARLINGTON, VA-- So far, at least 124 (32 of them credit unions) have reported credit or debit cards compromised in the Heartland Payment Systems breech, according to an industry Web site.