PORT NECHES, Texas — More members are using mobile banking, even as national reports show that consumers are quickly shedding extra layers from their expensive cell phone contracts, a number of credit unions told Credit Union Journal.

WASHINGTON — Three small credit unions have given up trying to manage IT themselves, handing it over to managed services provider RedZone Technologies-at about half the cost of hiring a CIO.

NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. — Maxed-out members are getting personal calls from financial advisors at North Shore Credit Union here, who are acting on daily alerts issued by the CU's Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system.

NORCROSS, Ga. – Postilion said it has signed for new credit union customers for its Self-Service Banking solution, Cornerstone Financial CU, First Light FCU, Generations FCU and Redwood CU.

RIDGECREST, Calif. – AltaOne FCU said it has deployed SonicWALL’s Network Security Appliance E5500 solution to provide high-availability and high-performance Unified Threat Management for its internal and member networks.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Kemba Delta FCU has successfully deployed Banker’s Academy Unlimited for Credit Unions online training suite from Edcomm Banker’s Academy.

PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia FCU said it plans to install Integrated Media Management’s new Universal Document Presentment version of TotaleAtlas document management system.

ATLANTA – Delta Community CU said it has installed Verint Systems’ Nextiva NetDVR II and MicroDVR II data surveillance and capture solutions.

LARGO, Md. – Money One FCU said yesterday it has converted processing for its $8 million cards portfolio to TNB Card Services.

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PLAQUEMINE, La. – Dow Louisiana FCU said yesterday it has become the first lender to implement Wolters Kluwer Financial Services’ AppOne credit union auto loan platform.

WEST JORDAN, Utah – Mountain America CU announced it has deployed 90octane’s search engine for its website.

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HANFORD, Calif. – FAST FCU said yesterday it has signed with TRC Interactive for the company’s online instruction through CreditUnionTrainingOnline for its credit union-wide training needs.

PHOENIX – Arizona State CU has created a social networking website designed to assist Arizona state employees, university employees and others who have been impacted by the economy, layoffs and furloughs.

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Tech CU has rolled out a new savings campaign that is creating an online community to support and exchange ideas for saving.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Fidelity Information Systems, the provider of back-office services to credit unions and banks, announced yesterday it has agreed to acquire competitor Metavante Technologies in a stock-swap valued at $3 billion.

LYNCHBURG, Va. – Corporate Synergies LLC, a CUSO developed by three corporate credit unions, said yesterday it has completed a successful core processing conversion at Virginia Corporate FCU, one of its owners.