Three credit unions and two banks have joined together to file aclass action lawsuit against Heartland Payment Systems to try torecoup some of the card losses they have taken due to Heartland'scard security breach.

The three credit unions, the $123 million Matadors CommunityCredit Union headquartered in Northridge, California; the $1.4billion GECU, headquartered in San Antonio, Texas and the $1.2billion MidFlorida Federal Credit Union headquartered in Lakeland,Florida joined Amalgamated Bank, headquartered in New York andFarmers State Bank headquartered in Marcus, Iowa to bring thecomplaint in Federal District Court in New Jersey.

The suit does not claim any specific damages or seek specificmonetary awards.

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