RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. & TALAHASSEE, Fla. — The twobiggest credit-union owned ATM networks in the U.S. each postedstrong years in 2007.

CO-OP Financial Services, the parent CUSO for the credit unionowned CO-OP Network reported that the network had a triple recordyear, with records set for the most transactions in a single day(6, 278,731 on Dec. 24), month (154 million in December) and year(1.6 billion).

“CO-OP has evolved from its roots as solely an ATM network tobecome the nation's largest credit union EFT network andprocessor,” said Stan Hollen, CEO of the California based CO-OP.“While the ATM business is still at the heart of our organization,nowadays, our innovative EFT services, strategic partnerships andgrowing membership also play a significant role in allowing us toachieve astounding transaction figures.”