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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.

BOSTON – The Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston warned yesterday that it may need to take additional write-downs on certain mortgage-backed securities.

CINCINNATI – Fifth Third Bancorp announced yesterday it has agreed to seel a 51% stake in its Fifth Third Processing unit, popular with credit unions, to private equity fund Advent International Inc., for $561 million.

PEARL RIVER, N.Y. – Palisades FCU said yesterday it has agreed to move the processing of its $5 million cards portfolio to TNB Card Services.

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PORTLAND, Ore. – OnPoint CU is setting up a Facebook-like website for its mobile banking user community and also plans to offer contactless mobile payments using US Tyfone’s microSD contactless-enabled memory card.

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MISSOULA, Mo. – Missoula FCU said it has acquired Diebold 220 Express Cash Dispensers.

WOODBRIDGE, N.J. – Central Jersey FCU said today it has signed with Dynamic Marketing Systems to implement the company’s web-enabled MicroMerchant to help it develop, customize and print marketing materials in-house using a centralized Web portal.

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HOUSTON – Pulse EFT plans to pilot a program to assess consumer acceptance of Internet-based PIN debit transactions sometime in the second quarter.

GREENFIELD, Wis. – Two local shared branching organizations in this state have merged, and are also becoming part of the larger, national CU Service Centers network.

LINTHICUM, Md. – State Employees CU has introduced a new money management tool, "The Buck Starts Here" (at www. YoungAdult.SecuMd.org).

TULSA, Okla. – Fire Fighters CU said it has deployed Edcomm Banker’s Academy’s web-based training solution.

THORNDALE, Penn. — Citadel FCU here is making more money off a broader chunk of its membership-and keeping 75% of its members "extremely satisfied" despite the nation's economic crisis.