SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Golden 1 CU is one of the first financial institutions to integrate Fiserv’s Pomoney person-to-person payments service with the company’s Mobiliti mobile banking platform, allowing members to initiate P2P payments directly from their smartphones or tablets, the credit union giant announced this morning.

SALT LAKE CITY – Credit Unions for Kids reported that it closed 2012 with a record $10.2-million raised, a $1.5-million increase over 2011.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Redstone FCU’s longtime director and well-known civil rights activist Charles Ray, Jr., died yesterday.

AMARILLO, Texas – A convicted robber who stole $2,800 from Amarillo Community FCU at gunpoint during an armed robbery last September was sentenced to eight years in prison on Monday.

ROCKY HILL, Conn. – Nutmeg State FCU has opened two more grocery store ATM locations inside Price Choppers in Southington and Bristol.

INDIANAPOLIS – Ely Lilly FCU has signed with IQR Consulting to have IQR’s data analysts review its portfolio performance.

EUGENE, Ore. – Oregon Community CU has installed a touch-screen, drive-up ATM at its Springfield branch that does not require a deposit slip or envelope when making a deposit.

MALVERN, Penn. – Akcelerant announced a new relationship with Scorelogix, a predictive analytics company, that will enable Akcelerant to sell its Insight Scores to credit unions and banks.

AUSTIN, Texas – Malauzai Software has introduced a mobile banking app for iPad devices.

WASHINGTON – Despite Republican objections to the nomination, the Senate Banking Committee yesterday scheduled a hearing for next Tuesday on the appointment of Richard Cordray to a full term as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve issued a report today saying even though card issuers reported lower interchange revenues from debit card transactions last year it has no plans to change the rules governing Durbin amendment’s cap on swipe fees, as the rules gave it the power to do.

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Three Romanian men were arrested and three more are being sought in a debit-card skimming operation that siphoned funds from more than 400 credit union and bank accounts.

WASHINGTON – The regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac announced a plan yesterday to create a new secondary market platform by combining the securitization operations of both companies through a new private entity that would be jointly owned by the two mortgage giants

MIAMI – South Florida Educational FCU celebrated the opening of its newest high school branch, Generals Credit Union inside Miami Jackson Senior High School, the credit union’s eighth in-school branch.

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. – Teachers FCU will host Mad City Money, which teaches high school students basic money management within a real-life simulation.

RICHMOND, Va. – Connects FCU has acquired a former BB&T branch, which will serve as the $72-million credit union’s third branch.

MARYSVILLE, Wash. – Alaska USA FCU has opened a new branch in the Haggen supermarket here, its 24th branch in Washington.

GILLETTE, Wyo. – Campco FCU has sold its headquarters and is about to break ground on a new building, near the town’s newest retailers, including a Home Depot and an under-construction Old Chicago.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Lawmakers in the state House and Senate have introduced legislation that would allow municipalities and other government entities to deposit their funds in federally insured credit unions.

GAHANNA, Ohio – KEMBA Financial CU has hired CUSO Financial Services to provide its members with brokerage and investment services.