Lafayette FCU, CUBC Partner
KENSINGTON, Md.-Lafayette FCU here said it has partnered with CU Business Capital, LLC (CUBC), Miramar, Fla. to provide a full range of cash management business services to members. LFCU will now offer business deposit products, business checking, business certificates and MMAs, merchant services, remote deposit, online banking and more. "In our search, we were seeking a CUSO that provided business deposits, cash management, and business lending programs as a complete suite, and that was CUBC," said LFCU CEO B. John Farmakides.
For info: www.cubusinesscapital.com.
CUES, Floyd In Partnership
MADISON, Wis.-The Credit Union Executives Society has partnered with John M. Floyd & Associates Executive Search Group (JMFA ESG) of Baytown, Texas, to offer a new talent recruitment service. JMFA ESG said it will leverage its network of more than 80,000 credit union contacts as part of the proprietary executive search and recruitment methodology.
For info: www.cues.org/jmfaexecutivesearch.
CO-OP Expands ATMs Into Ohio
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif.-CO-OP Financial Services has expanded its surcharge-free ATM network into Ohio.
CO-OP is entering the Buckeye State through an agreement with OCUL Services Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Ohio CU League, Columbus. The addition will expand CO-OP's surcharge-free ATM network to more than 28,000, including 9,000 deposit-taking locations. There are 2.6 million CU members in Ohio.
For info: www.ohiocreditunions.org.
CUDL Represents CUs At NADA
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif.-CUDL will be representing its more than 670 credit unions at the National Automobile Dealers Association Convention for the sixth consecutive year. The convention will take place Jan. 24-27 at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.
The largest event for automobile dealers in the U.S., the NADA convention averages more than 25,000 attendees each year, drawing attendance from approximately one third of all U.S. dealerships.
For info: www.nada.org or www.cudl.com.
Travelocity Founder Headlines Event
HAGERSTOWN, Md.-Terry Jones, founder and former CEO of Travelocity.com will give the keynote address at the 2009 Credit Union Retail Delivery Convention in Las Vegas at the Four Seasons Hotel June 10-12.
Jones will provide attendees with a perspective on the future of the credit union industry.
For info: www.fscc.com.
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif.-Registration is now open for CO-OP Financial Services' THINK 09 conference, scheduled for April 5-8 at the Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort and Spa, in Lost Pines, Texas, about 20 miles outside of Austin.
THINK offers an early bird special of $599 per credit union. That means whether one person or four people or more from the same credit union attends, the price is the same.
For info: www.co-opfs.org/THINK.
LIBERTY LAKE, Wa.-CU*NorthWest, a data processing CUSO serving the northwest, will use Crowe Chizek for this year's SAS70 audit engagement.
"We were pleased with our prior audit firm [SAS70 Solutions] but have decided to work with Crowe Chizek under a joint agreement with other cuasterisk.com partners including CU*Answers" says Greg Smith, CU*NorthWest CEO. CU*NorthWest will complete a SAS70 Type II audit by the end of the first quarter of 2009 and will offer the results of that audit to clients at no charge. CU*NorthWest now processes for 14 Credit Unions utilizing its CU*BASE System.
For info: www.cu-northwest.com or www.cuasterisk.com.
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Level Four, the supplier of open standards-based ATM software, announced a new global partnership with Polaris Software Lab Limited (POLS.BO), a provider of specialty application development and testing services in the banking, financial and insurance sectors. The agreement will enable financial institutions to benefit from a complete end-to-end outsourced testing solution, combining Level Four's automated ATM testing application, BRIDGE:test, with Polaris' testing services.
For info: www.levelfour.com.
LAS VEGAS-The Credit Union Executives Society honored four member businesses with 2008 Supplier of the Year awards at CEO Network in Las Vegas.
Card Services for Credit Unions (CSCU), Clearwater, Fla., won among companies with 50 or fewer employees. CUES recognized two outstanding companies with 51-100 employees: CU Members Mortgage, Dallas, and PSB, The Marketing SuperSource, Lake Forest, Calif. PSCU Financial Services, Tampa, Fla., took top honors among companies with more than 100 employees.
For more info: www.cues.org.
WASHINGTON-NAFCU Services Corp. announced that Allied Solutions Specialty Lines LLC has become a Preferred Partner for Bond and Related Insurance Solutions. Allied is one of the largest independent insurance agencies in the country specializing in Bond and Property Package Insurance for credit unions, with more than 700 clients nationwide.
The selection follows a nine-month process and rigorous evaluation by the NAFCU Services Corporation Advisory Committee, composed of credit union executives.
For info: www.alliedsolutions.net or www.nafcu.org/nafcuservices.
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif.-CO-OP Financial Services reported credit unions' adoption of its Check Imaging solutions is steadily climbing, as it gears up to add retail deposit and branch deposit to its check imaging suite.
CO-OP Fast Branch service, which provides credit union members with "do-it-yourself" shared branch kiosks, has added Anheuser-Busch Employees' Credit Union in St. Louis; Delta Community Credit Union in Atlanta, Ga.; First Financial Credit Union in Albuquerque, N.M.; NASA Federal Credit Union in Bowie, Md.; and Red Rocks Credit Union in Highlands Ranch, Colo.
New users of CO-OP Check Imaging ATM service, which allows members to scan and deposit checks without using deposits slips or envelopes, include Alliant Credit Union in Chicago, Ill.; California Center Credit Union in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.; Provident Credit Union in Redwood City, Calif.; Star One Credit Union in Sunnyvale, Calif.; Antelope Valley Federal Credit Union in Lancaster, Calif.; Rogue Federal Credit Union in Medford, Ore.; and USA Federal Credit Union, San Diego, Calif.
CO-OP My Deposit check imaging service for consumers has added Addison Avenue Federal Credit Union in Palo Alto, Calif; America First Federal Credit Union in Ogden, Utah; California Center Credit Union; Constellation Federal Credit Union in Falls Church, Va.; Meadows Credit Union in Arlington Heights, Ill.; Michigan First Credit Union in Lathrup Village, Mich.; and Star One Credit Union.
