Product & Service

CSCU Sponsors Debit Card Forum

CHICAGO-Approximately 75 credit union CEOs and others responsible for deibt cards attended the Debit Card Symposium here, sponsored by CSCU. Conference-goers were the first to hear the results of the 2004 Debit White Paper, "The Changing Environment of Debit in an Evolving Payment Systems Market," prepared by Raddon Financial Group (RFG) and sponsored by Card Services for Credit Unions (CSCU) and Visa. CSCU President Robert Hackney told the meeting there are a number of environmental factors influencing debit, including continued double-digit growth in debit cards and volume, PIN pad deployment and PIN prompting by merchants, PIN network consolidation and network ownership shift to more "merchant-centric" companies, and the permanent and negative impact of the Wal-Mart settlement on signature interchange.

For more info: www.cscu.net

CU Village, TruSecure In Deal

NORTHVILLE TOWNSHIP, Mich.- CU Village and TruSecure have entered into an agreement to offer credit unions a host of managed security services and products, including firewalls, e-mail and intrusion detection software (IDS), as well as monitoring-only solutions.

For info: www.cuvillage.com.

Freddie Gives Tier 1 Rating To CMG

MADISON, Wis.-Freddie Mac has awarded CUNA Mutual Mortgage Corporation its Tier 1 rating, the highest ranking given for investor reporting and remitting.

For info: www.cunamutual.com.

Pacesetter Awards Presented

SAN DIEGO-CUSO Financial Services presented its 2003 Pacesetter Awards during its annual meeting here. Recognized were: California Credit Union, with the 2003 Rookie Program of the Year; Wescom Financial Resources, which won CFS' Program of the year award for the highest total increase in production from 2002 to 2003; Helene Anhalt of Addison Avenue Financial Partners' Colorado Springs office as the 2003 Representative of the Year award; David Wood of Ent FCU who won the Keystone Award for Integration; Steve Franke of PSECU, who received the Keystone Award for Awareness, and Laura Banasiewicz of Allegacy FCU, who won the Keystone Award for Credibility.

For info: www.cusonet.com

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