LINCOLN, Neb. -- Aliant Credit Union is putting the finishing touches this month on its merger with Southeast Nebraska FCU of Beatrice, creating the state's 10th largest.

WASHINGTON -- Credit unions and their members looking for information on how to avoid having one's identity stolen can download a copy of the brochure You Have the Power to Stop Identity Theft from NCUA's Web site.

SYDNEY, Australia -- Police in the Australian state of New South Wales are forming a task force with financial firms and retailers to combat an epidemic of attempts to steal money from ATMs by blowing them up, according to press reports.

DALLAS -- Responding to the needs of a business member, Lone Star Credit Union has deployed an ACH solution from Goldleaf Financial Solutions Inc. of Atlanta.