YPSILANTI, Mich. – Washtenaw FCU said it has signed with FamilyMint to offer the company’s online money management application to help parents raise money-smart kids.

DURHAM, N.C. – Latino Community CU has implemented a Voice over Internet Protocol communications system to link its nine branches with its headquarters here.

WASHINGTON – Long-term mortgage rates rose slightly this week from last week’s record lows, but ARM rates remained in record territory, according to Freddie Mac.

MINNEAPOLIS – A U.S. Appeals Court upheld a lower court ruling rejecting claims by FICO that a new credit score developed by credit bureaus Experian, Equifax and TransUnion infringed on its trademark and ordered the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to cancel a FICO trademark.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Credit union leaders are calling on NCUA to deregulate its stance on financial derivatives to give credit unions new options for hedging a variety of risks.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The NCUA Board is widely expected to assess its biggest ever charge to federally insured credit unions – $2 billion for this year’s share of the corporate resolution program – at a special summer-ending meeting Monday afternoon.

ATLANTA – ACI Worldwide Inc., which makes software for managing electronic payments, on Thursday boosted the cash part of its offer for S1 Corp. by 50 cents per share and urged S1’s shareholders to vote against a proposed deal to combine itself with Israel-based Fundtech.

TALLAHASEE, Fla. – Southeast Corporate FCU announced this afternoon it has failed to raise its goal of $80 million in new capital and will seek a merger instead.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Pentagon FCU, the world’s second largest defense credit union, announced this afternoon it is eliminating all surcharge fees on its ATMs on military installations worldwide effective September 1.

WASHINGTON – The Treasury Department yesterday awarded a $149,560 grant through its Community Development Financial Institutions Program to finance the chartering of a credit union to serve the Lakota Indians, also known as the Sioux, at their Pine Ridge Reservation in Kyle, S.D.

MADISON, Wis. – Tom Dorety, president/CEO of Suncoast Schools FCU in Tampa, Fla., has been named the winner of the 2012 Herb Wegner Memorial Award for Lifetime Achievement.

BILLINGS, Mont. – A former business development officer at Montana Health FCU on Wednesday was sentenced to a year and a day in prison for embezzling more than $110,000 from the credit union, including $94,158 she siphoned from her grandparents’ accounts there.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – NCUA told Houston Musicians FCU loans of more than $50,000 to buy musical instruments are considered member business loans and must comply with its MBL rules and regulations.

DES MOINES, Iowa – Mobile payments developer Dwolla rolled out a new feature called “Proxi” which allows users to send and receive cash-based mobile payments based on their current proximity to another connected device.

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. – Santa Cruz Community CU has named Elizabeth Carr, senior vice president for retail services at Ventura County CU, as president of the $90 million community development credit union.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – State regulators approved the conversion of Buffalo Service CU to a state charter, allowing the $41 million credit union to serve the 900,000 residents of Erie County, N.Y.

EUGENE, Ore. – SELCO Community CU has signed with VSoft Corp. for a variety of electronic check processing services.

EUREKA, Calif. – Coast Central CU has signed with PSCU Financial Services to convert more than 16,000 electronic banking and bill payment subscribers as part of a seven-year contract for electronic banking and online bill payment services.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – CommonWealth One FCU is now offering My Deposit, a free online remote deposit capture solution provided through Intuit Financial Services.

HOUSTON – Cardtronics said it is acquiring another independent ATM operator, Access to Money Inc., adding an additional 10,350 ATMs to its fleet – which has emerged as the leading electronic funds transfer switch for credit unions.