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Las Vegas, Nev. – June 26, 2007 (www.allCUnews.com) ― Nevada Federal Credit Union (NFCU) has been named one of the 50 Best Small & Medium Companies to Work for in America, ranking 6th in the medium-sized company category. NFCU was honored for their generous benefit programs, competitive pay, specialized incentive plans and their commitment to providing their employees with a positive work-life balance. The winning companies selected and ranked by the Great Place to Work Institute (GPTW) were announced June 25 before an audience of more than 15,000 at the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) 59th Annual Conference & Exposition in Las Vegas.

COLUMBIA, Md.--(www.allCUnews.com)--Quality Associates, Inc., an established provider of services and solutions for document management, imaging and archiving, announced it has secured a new contract with NASA Federal Credit Union, the not-for-profit financial cooperative based in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. With this ongoing initiative, Quality Associates will convert receipts, deposit slips, and other paperwork relating to daily banking transactions into an electronic document management system (EDMS), where digital images can be searched, retrieved and archived by authorized NASA Federal Credit Union staff.

Caribbean institution integrates multiple platforms to improve payment services and workflow

GLASTONBURY, Conn.--(www.allCUnews.com)--Open Solutions Inc., a leading provider of integrated enabling technologies for financial institutions in the United States, Canada and other international markets, announced that Trinidad and Tobago-based Eastern Credit Union has signed a five-year agreement with Open Solutions for the international version of the company’s enterprise relational data processing platform, The Complete Credit Union Solution®, and other complementary technologies to handle the credit union’s processing needs. Eastern Credit Union has its registered office in St. Joseph, Trinidad and Tobago and serves more than 115,000 members. With $150 USD million in assets and nine branches in strategic locations in Trinidad, Eastern is a leading financial cooperative in Trinidad and Tobago.

Harrisburg, PA (www.allCUnews.com) June 27, 2007 -- First Nebraska Educators Credit Union has selected TRC Interactive, Inc., the nation’s leader in interactive financial institution training, to deliver online instruction through CreditUnionTrainingOnline® for its credit union-wide training needs. First Nebraska Educators Credit Union will have full use of Training Central®, the training program’s Learning Management System.

JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA and SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA (www.allCUnews.com) – Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (NYSE:FIS) and EFD/eFunds Corporation (NYSE:EFD) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement whereby FIS will acquire EFD in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.8 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, EFD shareholders will receive $36.50 in cash for each share of common stock.

McAfee Study Offers Insight into Psychological Tactics Used in Online Scams

SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 25 (www.allCUnews.com) -- McAfee, Inc. (NYSE: MFE) today announced the results of a groundbreaking study that details the psychological games and other tactics cyber criminals use in social engineering scams propagated through junk email. In the study titled "Mind Games," the primary author, Dr. James Blascovich, Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, offers analyses of multiple common scam emails and provides surprising insights into how cyber criminals use fear, greed and lust to methodically steal personal and proprietary financial information.

MONETT, Mo., June 21 (www.allCUnews.com) — Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. (Nasdaq: JKHY), a leading provider of integrated technology solutions and data processing services for financial institutions, today announced that Northwest Corporate Federal Credit Union has contracted directly with Symitar for core data processing. Symitar, the Jack Henry subsidiary that provides credit unions with software systems and related services, will provide service to Northwest Corporate Federal Credit Union through Symitar's Episys-based service bureau offering.

Core Solution and Complementary Products Will Help Drive Growth and Expansion

GLASTONBURY, Conn.--(www.allCUnews.com)--Aldergrove Credit Union, located in the heart of the Fraser Valley of British Columbia, Canada, has selected Open Solutions Inc.’s® The Complete Credit Union Solution®, as its core banking system platform. The credit union will also implement Open Solutions’ financial accounting suite, its asset/liability management and budget planning product, report viewing and archiving capability and electronic signature capture. Open Solutions is a leading provider of integrated enabling technologies for financial institutions worldwide. Aldergrove Credit Union offers a full slate of financial products and services, including financial planning and wealth management.

GTM Tech Valley Payroll, one of the fastest growing private companies in the Capital Region, has signed an agreement with Sunmark Federal Credit Union to add small business payroll to their growing list of commercial member services.

Four Top-20 US and UK Banks Are Already Using or Recently Selected the New Solution for Prevention and Early Detection of Employee Fraud

NEW YORK--(www.allCUnews.com)-- Actimize, the leading provider of transactional risk management software for the financial services industry, today unveiled a new Employee Fraud Prevention Solution, which is already being deployed at four top 20 banks in the United States and the United Kingdom. To combat the growing threat and increasing sophistication of employee fraud, the new solution from Actimize gives banks the analytic infrastructure and tools to monitor transactions and automate fraud detection.

Issuers Free to Terminate Visa Debit Agreements

PURCHASE, N.Y., June 8 (www.allCUnews.com) -- Federal Judge Barbara Jones ruled yesterday that Visa's Settlement Service Fee ("SSF"), implemented in the wake of the settlement of the merchant lawsuit in 2003, was unlawful and must be repealed, MasterCard reported today.

Glendora, CA (www.allCUnews.com)-- In an unprecendented move in church financing, America''s Christian Credit Union has been selected by the United Pentecostal Church to be the preferred financial lender for their entire denomination.

Tech CU Members and Employees Help Silicon Valley Habitat for Humanity Construct Affordable Housing in North San Jose

SAN JOSE, CA--(www.allCUnews.com - June 7, 2007) - Twenty members and employees from Technology Credit Union came out on Friday, June 1st to donate their time and energy to help construct a new, affordable home in North San Jose for a local family. The home is part of the Silicon Valley Habitat for Humanity Murphy Avenue Project, which aims to construct six four-bedroom homes along Murphy Avenue by the end of 2007. One of the largest building projects attempted by Habitat for Humanity in Silicon Valley, the development promises to give several deserving families an affordable house in one of the highest priced real estate markets in the country.

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Speaker: Roy Ramthun is the former health care advisor to President Bush and an HSA expert. Before joining the President's staff, Mr. Ramthun was the Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the U.S. Treasury for health initiatives. In this role, he led Treasury's implementation of Health Savings Accounts after they were enacted into law in December, 2003. Mr. Ramthun is currently serving as a Senior Vice President with HSA Clearing Corp.

SAN DIEGO — USA Federal Credit Union announced that it now has ATMs that offer users envelope-free deposits using check-imaging technology.

"This technology takes ATM convenience and safety to a better and higher level," said Mary Cunningham, the credit union’s president and chief executive.