WESTBURY, N.Y.-This year will bring greater reliance on electronic services and security tools as credit unions strive to meet the business needs of 2009 - including making banking easy for beleaguered members, welcoming disgruntled bank customers and fighting fraud - according to an exclusive Credit Union Journal roundtable with the Executive Committee of the CUNA Technology Council (CTC).

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MADISON, Wis.-Throughout their history, credit unions have developed a reputation as conservative institutions, but in many ways have been progressive, leading-edge pioneers.

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – Service CU said it has gone live with Integrated Media Management’s TotaleAtlasWeb remote signature capture and secure document delivery solution.

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Banks are projecting a decline in IT spending and overall smaller IT budgets for 2009, according to a report by Financial Insights that suggests there may be some pricing bargains to be had by CUs on technology.

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RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif.–CO-OP Financial Services said credit union members will save $2.5 million annually as a result of investing in the CO-OP Connect ATM telecommunications infrastructure, CO-OP said.

ATLANTA-Level 5 has introduced a diagnostic tool to assist financials in making strategic decision about geographic expansion, new business lines and whether or not to make loans in certain markets.

ATLANTA – Vsoft Corp said yesterday it has signed a reseller contract with Integrated Media Management that will enable IMM clients to implement the company’s Check 21 technology.

SALT LAKE CITY – Deseret First CU said it has implement UC4 Software’s workload automation, job scheduling and IT process optimization systems.

GLASTONBURY, Conn. – Open Solutions Inc. said yesterday it has signed with Bluepoint Solutions to offer Bluepoint’s teller capture solution to its credit union and bank clients.