The 339,000-member Desert Schools Credit Union, the $2.8 billionCU headquartered in Phoenix, has contracted with ATM manufacturerDiebold to upgrade and improve its entire ATM fleet.

The move will replace 21 ATMs with new machines and upgradeanother 67, the ATM manufacturer said.

“As we investigated options for upgrading our ATM fleet toensure our members have access to the latest self-service technologies, we also wanted to improve ourATM monitoring and reporting capabilities,” said C. Lee Brice,senior vice president, strategic direction and operations at DesertSchools.

“We now have easy access to reporting metrics that will help usimprove our member services. Having these and other services bundled together under one provider will alsohelp us realize internal efficiencies,” Brice said.

The 67 upgraded ATMs will be outfitted with technology thatwill allow them to image deposits.

“Deposit automation is growing in popularity across DesertSchools' operating region, and we expect the credit union's membersto embrace the technology,” said Charles E. Ducey Jr., executivevice president of North America operations at Diebold in Canton, Ohio.

“We anticipate that Desert Schools will increase traffic at itsdeposit automation-enabled terminals with this convenient newcapability,” Ducey said.