CO-OP Expands New YorkFootprint

ONTARIO, Calif. - (08/03/05) -- The CO-OP Network said Hudson ValleyFCU and AmeriCU CU have joined the system, making a total of 66 NewYork credit unions added to the credit union-owned network sincethe start of the year. Each of the credit unions has been convertedto the CO-OP Network by Card Services, an affiliate of the New YorkCU League, under a member-shareholder agreement with CO-OP. By theend of the year, CO-OP plans to have converted 80 New York creditunions, adding one million new credit union members and 300 ATMs tothe nationwide network. AmeriCU CU adds 142 ATMs and Hudson ValleyFCU brings 42 ATMs to The CO-OP.