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United States Attorney John L. Brownlee, Special Agent in Charge of the Richmond Division of the IRS Charles Pine, and Special Agent in Charge of the Richmond Division of the FBI Charles J. Cunningham announced today that Monica Blair Yates, age 40, of Daleville, Virginia, was indicted by a Grand Jury sitting in Roanoke, Virginia. Yates is charged in a ten count indictment with mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering. According to the indictment, Yates was an employee of CUNA Mutual Life Insurance in Roanoke from November 16, 2001 to May 19, 2006.

Roy Ramthun, SVP of HSA Clearing Corp, led the Treasury Department's implementation of health savings accounts following the December 2003 enactment while Senior Advisory to the Secretary of the U.S. Treasury.

CHARLOTTE, NC -- (www.allCUnews.com) -- January 23, 2007 -- Handshaw, Inc., a provider of eLearning software and services, announced that North Carolina State Employees' Credit Union (SECU), serving 1.3 million members with over 200 branches in North Carolina, has chosen the Lumenix® PI Suite, which includes Lumenix PI Developer, a Learning Content Management System (LCMS) and Lumenix PI Administrator, a Learning Management System (LMS) to develop, deliver and manage eLearning. By choosing the Lumenix PI Suite, SECU will utilize the latest technology to help ensure mastery and performance improvement on the job.

Payment Processing solution provider, Aperta(www.aperta.com), has announced record growth for 2006.

"2006 was our strongest year in a number of areas since our inception in 1992,"said Tim Kickham, National Sales Director. In the US, 30 additional financial institutions, primarily credit unions and banks, implemented our check imaging branch capture solution. We also installed our VRPA+ remittance and lockbox processing solution in many small to large companies, many of whom installed Aperta's image cash letter software as well, allowing them to improve funds availability and to reduce costs. We now have approximately 400 users in total worldwide."

TRIANGLE (www.allCUnews.com) -- The State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU) Foundation has partnered with NC GreenPower to support cleaner, renewable energy alternatives for North Carolina. The SECU Foundation will fund 1 kilowatt hour of renewable energy production in North Carolina for each of the 1.3 million members of SECU annually over the next four years -- a commitment to renewable energy in North Carolina of over 5.2 million kilowatt hours!

Glendale, CA--(www.allCUnews.com)--January 19, 2007--California Credit Union (CCU) is pleased to announce the third annual college scholarship program for graduating high school seniors in Los Angeles County schools and for students of Los Angeles County community colleges that are transferring to a 4-year college. The credit union will award $1,000 scholarships to 35 deserving students to help them defray the expenses of a college education.

Services include complete, 24/7 member service

ELGIN, Ill.--(www.allCUnews.com)--Lending Solutions Inc. (LSI), a provider of lending center services and consulting programs for financial institutions across North America, announced that Agriculture Federal Credit Union (Alexandria, Va.), and Members Credit Union (Cleburne, Texas) are outsourcing their member service operations to LSI’s new Member Service solution. The solution combines its advanced technology with highly trained member service specialists to process virtually every member service function on behalf of the credit union.

Largest Federal Credit Union in Maryland Implements CardWizard to Instantly Issue Debit Cards

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(www.allCUnews.com)--Dynamic Card Solutions (DCS), developer of CardWizard®, the leading instant issue and PIN selection software application for financial institutions, today announced that Maryland-based Tower Federal Credit Union, the largest federal credit union in the state and one of the largest in the nation, has implemented CardWizard to instantly issue debit cards to its more than 115,000 members.

Fujitsu Consulting to Continue Support of Mission-Critical IT Systems for another Six Years

15 Jan 2007 , Edmonton, AB (www.allCUnews.com) -- Servus Credit Union and Fujitsu Consulting announced today a new six-year contract under which Fujitsu will provide mission critical IT support to Servus Credit Union, the largest credit union in Alberta and the fourth largest in Canada. The contract has an initial value of $10.8 Million and represents an extension of a business relationship between Fujitsu and Servus Credit Union that began in 1995.

Time Capsule Buried 25 Years Ago to Be Unveiled During Celebratory Event

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla.--(www.allCUnews.com)--Power Financial Credit Union announced the completion of the Pan Am Horizons Federal Credit Union merger and conversion. The seamless transition took place on December 29, 2006. The Pan Am Horizons merger increases the size of Power Financial to 60,000 members with assets totaling more than $495 million.

Security Service Federal Credit Union (SSFCU) implements automated lending and new deposit account technology to develop a stronger sales culture

COSTA MESA, Calif., Jan. 15 (www.allCUnews.com) -- MeridianLink, a provider of automated credit and lending technology for financial institutions, announced that Security Service Federal Credit Union (SSFCU), the nation's largest indirect lending credit union, has selected their LoansPQ Enterprise automated lending and new deposit account platform.

RALEIGH, N.C. (www.allCUnews.com) January 11, 2007 – Beverly Baskin, President and CEO of the Better Business Bureau of Eastern North Carolina, announces today that Claudia Antolin, a graduate of Athens Drive High School, has been awarded a $2,500 scholarship after being nominated by the Latino Community Credit Union. As a member firm of the BBB of Eastern North Carolina, the Latino Community Credit Union was able to nominate a student for the Better Business Bureau Educational Foundation Scholarship.

New ATM functionality allows customized marketing messages

NORTH CANTON, Ohio, Jan. 11 (www.allCUnews.com) -- Michigan's Christian Financial Credit Union is enhancing communications with its members by leveraging self-service technology to deliver customized marketing messages through Diebold's Campaign Office(TM) software.

Quorum Federal Credit Union, the largest credit union in Westchester County, recently completed a merger with Avon Federal Credit Union. With the addition of Avon FCU's 2,200 members and $18 million in assets, Quorum now has 43,000 members and $560 million in assets.

CHICAGO--(www.allCUnews.com)--According to a joint study released today by The Brookings Institution and the Political, Economic Research Council (PERC), including “non-traditional” credit data (utility and telecommunications payment information) in a consumer’s file significantly levels the credit risk playing field for “thin-file” consumers with those in the credit mainstream. TransUnion provided more than 8 million anonymous TransUnion credit files that had a strong focus on the underserved credit population as well as analytic support to the study entitled “Give Credit Where Credit Is Due.”