PLEASANTON, Calif. – Patelco CU said this morning its Patelcorp investment CUSO has teamed with SaveDaily to offer credit unions a service enabling their members to invest as little as $5 at a time in mutual funds.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Hours after Google unveiled its new eWallet payments solution yesterday PayPal greeted the unveiling with a lawsuit claiming the search-engine giant misappropriated trade secrets from PayPal's mobile-payment business.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Credit Union Journal is now accepting entries for its 2011 Best Practices Awards.

DALEVILLE, Ala. – Army Aviation Center FCU raised more than $13,000 for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation during a recent company-wide fundraising campaign.

MARSHALL, Mich. – Marshall Community CU will sponsor the annual Pastrami Joe’s Reuben Eating Championship this year, which raised $15,000 for a local charity last year.

SAGINAW, Mich. – Catholic FCU awarded $132,700 to more than 320 students through its annual Msgr. Forbes Scholarship Fund.

SALEM, Ore. – CU Wireless, a CUSO owned by Maps CU, said it signed six new credit unions to its Text Banking by CU Wireless through its partnership with Financial Service Centers Cooperative’s MyCUAnywhere.

WASHINGTON – Mortgage rates declined again this week for the sixth week in a row, to their lowest levels this year, according to Freddie Mac.

CHICAGO – Alliant CU has contracted with Hyland Software for the company’s OnBase enterprise content management system.

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Star One CU has signed with Tyfone to deliver next generation mobile banking services to it members.

IRWINDALE, Calif. – SCE FCU said it has introduced a feature that will allow employees to access, modify and update the credit union’s website via any web browser on a PC, Mac or smartphone.

NEW YORK – Polish & Slavic FCU, the nation’s biggest ethnic credit union, has hired Oskar Mielczarek, an experienced banker, as president and CEO of the $1.4 billion credit union.

OLYMPIA, Wash. – State regulators called on credit unions to incorporate good risk management when embarking in private student loan programs and to limit the growth in the programs until a level of expertise is obtained.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Credit Union Journal is now accepting entries for its 2011 Best Practices Awards.

MENASHA, Wis. – Evergreen CU announced yesterday Sherry Johnson, CEO of the $25 million credit union for the past 27 years, is retiring June 30.

ASTON, Penn. – Sun East FCU said it and Keystone FCU are collaborating to build a shared branch in the London Grove Village Shopping Center in nearby Avondale, Penn.

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – Sunmark FCU has signed with CU Xpress Lease to provide insurance on its auto leases.

RALEIGH, N.C. – Coastal FCU has become one of the first credit unions to completely convert its entire network – 13 branches in all – to video tellers.

HARTFORD, Conn. – A member of Sikorsky Financial CU on Wednesday pleaded guilty to violating Currency Cash Reporting requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act by illegally structuring cash transactions under $10,000.

SALT LAKE CITY – Virginia’s Chartway FCU, still breaking into the Utah market, awarded members of its recently acquired HeritageWest and SouthWest Community credit unions $21,000 in financial gifts through the month of April as get-acquainted gifts.