FRISCO, Texas — Giving credit unions an "A" for their delivery of e-services-so far, Fiserv insists that for CUs to keep that grade they'll have to be even more aggressive with technology plans in the future.

CALABASAS, Calif. — Someday credit unions' e-services platforms will connect members with suppliers that can save them money.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Few developments have affected credit unions more over the past 15 years than the letter "E." The e-volution in product and service delivery via online applications has gone from innovation to mature market faster than anything in history. E-services. E-access. E-products. E-banking.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Team & Wheel FCU said it signed with Identity Theft 911 to offer the company’s identity theft protection and resolution services to its members.

BOULDER, Colo. – Premier Members FCU has implemented Diebold’s ImageWay portfolio, which includes all capture points including the ATM, the branch and remote business locations.

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MONETT, Mo. – Jack Henry & Associates said its ProfitStars unit and Pitney Bowes are joining to market and support ProfitStars’ Remote Deposit Capture solution.

BARTLESVILLE, Okla. – 66 FCU said it has signed with Silver Peak Systems has implemented the company’s NX appliances for Wide Area Network acceleration.

CAMBRIDGE, Minn. – Minnco CU said yesterday it has chosen TNB Card Services to processing partner as it moves to broaden the range of competitive products it offers to members.

ALBANY, N.Y. – SEFCU, one of the credit union pioneers in emerging technologies, has joined the Twitter generation.

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Technology CU will announce this week it will be the second credit union to go live with an official iPhone application, and will pioneer some unique functionality in the process, including a branch and ATM locator.

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MARLBOROUGH, Mass. — Web applications for consumer loans are up 25% at Digital FCU here, thanks to a new online tool that allows borrowers to customize the loan upfront, then delivers instant approvals and automatically fills out a membership application — all in as little as five minutes.

ATLANTA — Internet-based financial institutions have nearly doubled their penetration in checking accounts over the past two years, according to new research released by Synergistics Research Corp.

AUSTIN, Texas — The credit union explosion onto the iPhone application scene may be more like a slow leak, if you turn to a recent survey conducted for Credit Union Journal by the Credit Union Information Security Professionals Association (CUISPA).

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Look for credit unions to explode onto the iPhone scene in the next few months with iPhone applications by and for credit unions — including a locator app developed by an independent programmer here at the behest of Credit Union Journal.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The It's Me 247 online banking product will expand this summer from the desktop to the mobile Web, running on multiple mobile browsers — demonstrating how CU*Answers here is sidestepping the growing passion that credit unions are showing for native iPhone applications.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Tellers are stopping fraudulent checks left and right — including one for $49,000 at one CU — using a counterfeit alert database at the teller window.

BARTLESVILLE, Okla. — Online crooks wielding SQL-injections have become more interested in 66 FCU as it works to expand its website business, with features such as membership enrollment.