CU*Answers said two more credit unions have purchased shares ofthe CUSO, giving it a record 14 new owners in a year and pushingthe ownership list to 107 credit unions, also a new record.

The newest owners are the $194 million MidUSA CU in Middletown,Ohio, and the $13 million Rockford Community FCU in Rockford,Mich., CU*Answers said.

“As a cooperative CUSO, it is a documented goal to provideevery credit union utilizing the CU*BASE^® processingsystem with an affordable option to become a CU*Answers owner,”said Scott Page, executive vice president of the Grand Rapids,Mich.-based organization.

The CUSO also said it has added a new security feature to itsCU*BASE core processing system, software that detects anomaloustransactions and patterns. The original idea was to facilitatecompliance FFIEC guidance but the concept grew.

“We took it to whole new level to not only include the abilityto use cross-channel parameters but then also included the abilityto configure those transaction types which would uncover elderly abuse as well,” said Jim Vilker, head of the Audit Linkdivision at CU*Answers Management Services.

There now are 201 credit unions running on the CU* BASEplatform, the CUSO said, including 162 directly, 24 throughCU*NorthWestin Liberty Lake, Wash., and 15 through CU*Southin Fairhope, Ala., both cuasterisk network partners.