TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – So far the new fall season has been a good one for credit union owned ATM/POS network Credit Union 24, Inc. Recently the network has partnered with Glendale, California-based ATM maintenance/ sales company Financial Technology Solutions International to offer discounts on new and refurbished ATMs from Triton, NCR, Diebold and Fujitsu. In addition, Credit Union 24 has named Lexcel Solutions as its preferred provider for network testing utilities. As part of the agreement Credit Union 24 will offer the testing software to members at a reduced price and the system enables members to test both issuer and acquirer messages internally. Besides the new partnerships the network was recently listed by ATM & Debit News as the third fastest growing network with an increase of 55.8% from 2001 to 2002. Credit Union 24 also ranked eighth in monthly point-of sale volume and was the only credit union network to make the top 10. The Credit Union 24 Network has network participants located throughout 20 states with 7 million cardholders and access to over 13,500 ATMs located throughout the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico, Japan, Guam, Portugal and England.