CUDL, an indirect and point-of-purchase auto lending solutionsCUSO, has announced a new partnership agreement with Tampa,Fla.-based GTE Federal Credit Union. The CU will incorporate CUDL'sproducts and programs to enhance its lineup of member productofferings and services and maximize its process and costefficiencies.

"Our decision to partner with CUDL was an easy one and is basedon our goals to provide a point-of-purchase resource to ourmembers, enhancing our relationship with our members, and furtheradvancing our credit union's ability to retain member loans," saidJoe Brancucci, president/CEO of GTE FCU.

GTE FCU serves 180,000 members in the Florida communities ofHillsborough, Pinellas, Polk, Manatee, Sarasota and Citrus countiesand has $1.5 billion in assets. The partnership with GTE FCUfurther expands CUDL's growing presence in Florida's centralregion.

As a result of the partnership, the credit union will alsoincorporate CUDL's AutoSMART and SMART Approval programs, whichhelp credit union members navigate through the auto research andbuying process while also helping credit unions extend their brandand member offerings. Additionally, the programs enable CUs toprovide their members with a simple and convenient onlinepre-approval application and loan decision.