Northwest CUs Form Data ProcessingCUSO

SPOKANE, Wash. - (01/24/06) -- Four small credit unions havechartered a CUSO to handle their data processing and other businessneeds. The CUSO, CU-Northwest is currently talking to other areacredit unions about handling services for them. Owners of the newCUSO are: Spokane Firefighters CU, Spokane Media FCU, SpokaneCatholic CU and Inland Empire Trades CU, a well as Kentwood,Mich.-based CU-Answers. The new CUSO bought the assets of FranklinAssociates Solutions LLC, a software provider for CU-Answers, toform the new organization. CU-Answers, formerly known as WestMichigan Computer Co-Op, serves 165 credit unions.