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WESTERLY, R.I.–Westerly Community Credit Union has awarded 12 WCCU Teacher Grant Awards, totaling just over $5,000, for the 2016/17 school year.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.–CU*Answers reported it has completed a new phase of an ongoing automation initiative for Ripco CU of Rhinelander, Wis., Horizon CU of Farmington, Utah, and Cumberland County FCU of Falmouth, Maine.

CHICAGO–Changes on the NCUA board. A voluntary liquidation over the issue of regulations. News that two men involved in abduction/robberies at CUs had even more planned at the time of their arrest. Those stories and more dominated the first four months of 2016. Below is an overview of some of the top stories reported by CUToday.info from January through April.

EDINBURGH, Scotland–Royal Bank of Scotland has added something new to its hiring process: mind scans.

NEW ROCKFORD, N.D.–As she prepares to retire after 65 years as CEO, Marvel Ebenhahn reflects on the days when the “credit union” was a filing cabinet, of difficult times trying to hold family farms together, of tough times in a tough place, and through it all, of becoming an indispensable part of a community and overseeing 9,000% growth.

SCARBOROUGH, Maine–Town & Country Federal Credit Union is donating $100,000 to the Eastern Trail Alliance’s plan to complete a 1.6-mile gap in an off-road trail as it runs through this town.

DUBLIN, Ireland–The chairman of Ireland’s largest credit union has issued a statement strongly critical of the country’s regulator, saying it is preventing CUs from competing with banks in serving consumers.

WASHINGTON—Younger workers in the United States experience higher rates of unemployment than the population as whole but are nonetheless generally optimistic about their job prospects, according to the Federal Reserve Board's new report, Experiences and Perspectives of Young Workers.

RALEIGH, N.C.–State Employees’ Credit Union is reporting its “giving spirit” is alive and well this holiday season, with staff donating nearly $100,000 to their favorite non-profits through the 2016 State Employees Combined Campaign (SECC).