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August 15, 2008, 1:07 p.m. EDT 5 Min Read

WRG Teams With TraceSecurity

BATON ROUGE, La.-TraceSecurity and Wescom Resources announced joint partnership to provide external penetration testing to new WRG clients who deploy the MemberEdge Online Banking system. TraceSecurity's external penetration testing is an precautionary tool for credit unions' online banking security as well as another measure to protect members from identity theft. The tool simulates real malicious attacks to financial institutions' network to expose potential vulnerabilities.

"Security and identity theft is a top of mind concern for credit unions when launching a new online banking service," WRG said. "By offering TraceSecurity's penetration testing as a standard component of our solution, we provide clients additional peace of mind, and give them something they would have to source out elsewhere."

POECU Selects Sedona Corp.

KING OF PRUSSIA, Penn.-Sedona Corporation announced that Post Office Employees Credit Union has selected its Intarsia program for the credit union's MRM technology and services solution. "By deploying and utilizing a comprehensive

MRM solution, we will get an even more complete understanding of our members' ever-changing interests and needs," the credit union said. POECU, a $26.4 million credit union headquartered in Metairie, La., was originally founded in 1924.

For more info: www.sedonacorp.com.

OnPoint CCU To Use TotaleAtlas

LINDEN, N.J.-OnPoint Community Credit Union has chosen Integrated Media Management, a document management and automation technology provider, to continue to supply its document preparation solutions. OnPoint, an IMM customer for the last eight years, will be using TotaleAtlas to upgrade from its current solution.

With the installation of TotaleAtlas, the credit union's members will be able to sign documents using a digital signature pad and the file is automatically indexed and archived as a 128-Bit encrypted PDF. The new technology will eliminate the labor costs of manually scanning and indexing documents and reduce the need to print and ship documents between branches, the company said.

For more: www.immonline.com.

VSoft Chooses Epson Solution

LONG BEACH, Calif.-VSoft Corporation, a global information and technology provider of process improvement solutions, has interfaced the Epson TM-J9000 integrated check scanner and receipt printer with its Agile Branch teller solution. With the TM-J9000 and Agile Branch-Teller, checks are scanned at the point of presentment, which cuts check handling costs, improves document-handling workflow, and reduces float time, the company said.

The two solutions working together also enables tellers to print receipts and scan and proof deposits while the customer is in the branch, minimizing deposit errors and eliminating the resulting adjustments to customer accounts.

For more info: www.vsoftcorp.com.

Digital FCU Goes With Guardian

LOS ALTOS, Calif.-Digital Federal Credit Union, the largest credit union in New England, has deployed Guardian Analytics on its team to prevent fraud.

The credit union will utilize FraudMAP to deliver detailed and accurate alerts to its internal fraud operations team in order to prevent online fraud attempts. The implementation will reduce the volume of alerts and false positives experienced with prior approaches, and will also expedite investigations, the company said.

For more info: www.guardiananalytics.com.

EPL Announces ‘Dealer Portal'

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-EPL and Indirect Lending Technologies have teamed up to create a dealer portal for managing traditional indirect lending. EPL Dealer Portal automates and simplifies the indirect lending process and was originally designed specifically for credit unions. Legacy Community Federal Credit Union went live on the EPL Dealer Portal on Apr. 1 last year and a Legacy senior vice president has nothing but good things to say about the solution. "The system is easy to use and easy to train on, contains robust reports, covers a lot of items auditors review for internal monitoring of the indirect program and ILT recently added a Dashboard screen that provides at-a-glance real-time management information," he said.

For info: www.eplinc.com.

Canadian De Novo CU Selects OSI

GLASTONBURY, Conn.-Creative Arts Savings & Credit Union has chosen Open Solution's "The Complete Credit Union Solution" core data processing platform to address its enterprise-wide data processing needs. Creative Arts is a de novo credit union serving professional performers and entertainment freelancers with the goal to provide financial peace of mind by meeting those groups' unique financial services needs. The Toronto based credit union was started in June and began operations a short time later after it raised $2.5 million in start-up capital.

As the institution grows, the platform will provide the scalability to support its efforts to offer more products and services to its members, the solutions' provider said.

For more info: www.opensolutions.com.

Symitar Reports ‘Significant Wins'

SAN DIEGO-Symitar Systems reported that it has added or renewed nearly 40 CU clients in the first four months of the year. Soo Co-op, Fiberglas Federal, Cloverbelt, East Texas Professional Federal, Erie General Electric Federal, Financial One and Focus Federal all signed on as core solutions clients.

It also signed another 29 credit unions for its complementary products such as NetTeller, Synapsys, Yellow Hammer, PowerPay, and Opening Act.

Those credit unions include: Houston Federal, Jacksonville Firemens, Foundation Federa, NODA Federal, Y-12 Federal, Northeast, CME Federal, Uniwyo Federal, CME Federal, University of Kentucky Federal, Community One Federal, Library of Congress Federal, Meriwest, MAX, Navigator, Right Choice Federal, Coastland Fedral, Duke University Federal, HealthAmerica, Public Employees, DOW Chemical Employees', MacDill Federal, Publix Employees Federal, Valley First, Philadelphia Federal, Self Reliance New York Federal.

For info: www.symitar.com.

Liberty Bay CU Picks fiVISION

INDIANAPOLIS-Liberty Bay Credit Union has signed with fiVISION, a CRM solutions provider, to use the firm's accountWORKS platform as its member enrollment solution. The $529- million credit union also plans to use the Enrollment Cross Sell module to offer additional products the applicants are qualified for but did not select during the application process. The new enrollment solution will provide a streamlined and seamless process of opening new accounts, fiVISION said, assists the credit union with collecting the correct information required to open a new account.