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PASADENA, Calif.-Credit unions are putting stock in an array of technologies-from collections tools to online member services-to stay strong even as the market teeters.

SAN DIEGO-Compliance Coach Inc. is teaming with Harland Financial Solutions to bring its newest piece of software, CompliancePal, to the marketplace. The new solution is the industry's first software solution to enable compliance with the FACT Act Identity Theft Red Flags Rule, the company said. The new regulation imposes responsibilities on businesses to prevent consumer identity theft, the compliance deadline is Nov. 1.

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-Sedona Corp. 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.

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.

SAN DIEGO-Symitar Systems reported that it has added or renewed 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 CUs.

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. 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.

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 FCU went live on the EPL Dealer Portal on Apr. 1 last year and, a Legacy SVP had 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.

READER QUESTION: For each of your tek panelists, can they name some specific new ways CUs are using their solution to measure, contain risk?

COLUMBUS, Ohio-It's Facebook, Wikipedia and workflow all wrapped up in one Intranet portal at CME FCU here-and it's giving each employee a dashboard with real-time access to critical data.

OnPoint Chooses IMM's TotaleAtlas

Symitar Reports CUs Move To Episys

LAKE CHARLES, La.-A small CU here escaped unscathed from Hurricane Ike by perfecting its recipe for disaster recovery: one laptop wired to the Internet, two cell phones, the online branch, an answering machine-and a secure data backup and recovery solution.

SALT LAKE CITY-Loans are up by 30% at a small credit union here, while another small credit union has doubled the number of loan applications it can process, thanks to "all-in-one" account opening-selling-lending software.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.-The Red Flag regulations are 125-pages long, and identity thieves number in the tens-of-thousands, so credit unions are turning to technology to decipher the rules and deter the thieves.

LATHRUP VILLAGE, Mich.-Red Flag technology is locked and loaded at Michigan First Credit Union here, in readiness for the Nov. 1 compliance deadline set by the "Red Flag" fraud and identity theft laws.

ONTARIO, Calif. – CO-OP Financial Services announced yesterday it has signed with mFoundry to provide mobile banking services to credit unions.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Alaska USA FCU said it has implemented Fundtech Ltd.’s ACH processing system, known as ACHplus.

COLLINSVILLE, Ill. – Scott CU said it has implemented a new online mortgage loan application system introduced by Financial Industry Computer Systems, Inc.