SOUTHFIELD, Mich. -- Central Corporate Credit Union is repeating last year's popular patronage dividend payout by waiving all service fees incurred by members during the months of July and November 2008, for an estimated $1 million in savings.

FAIRBORN, Ohio -- Fannie Mae recently named Wright-Patt Credit Union, a $1.3 billion community-based institution in southwest Ohio, a 2007 Prime Alliance Lender of the Year.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Patelco Credit Union assumed assets of both Sterlent Credit Union and Cal State 9 Credit Union effective July 1, opening the third quarter with an extra $300 million in assets, eight branches and 90 employees.

CALABASAS, Calif. -- Credit unions that did business with Countrywide shouldn't worry about legal liability from the spate of recently announced lawsuits.

SAN DIMAS, Calif. ---- Matt Morris III, a member relationship manager at WesCorp for the past 11 years, passed away in Boise, Idaho last Thursday. Morris, who advised credit unions in investment and portfolio management, had suffered a stroke a day earlier. He was 59.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Why did Patelco purchase and acquire both Cal State 9 and Sterlent Credit Unions, when peers turned up their noses at the lending stink?

ASUNCION, Paraguay -- Two representatives from the Minnesota Credit Union Network participated in an internship program in Paraguay from May 23 through June 3, as part of the two groups' ongoing WOCCU partnership.

CHICAGO -- Officials at $5.5 billion Alliant Credit Union say they're not worried about absorbing the loan losses of Oakland-based Kaiperm Federal Credit Union if their proposed merger goes through, because the seemingly odd couple makes a good match.