For their loan practices and success in 2012, four credit unionswere recently recognized by CU Direct Corp., a national lendingservice provider.

The credit unions were the recipients of the CUSO's Diamondawards at a May 22 recognition dinner held during CU Direct's annual conference in Las Vegas.

In the category of business development and dealer relations,the $212 million Tucoemas Federal Credit Union in Visalia, Calif.,was honored with the CU Direct Best Practice award.

The $1.6 billion GTE Financial in Tampa, Fla., also received a best practiceaward for its success in the category of portfolio management.

The Ontario-Calif.-based CU Direct recognized the $1 billionHarborstone Credit Union in Lakewood, Wash., with a bestpractice award for its success in the category of marketing tomembers.

The $1.3 billion TTCU, The Credit Union in Tulsa, Okla., received the CU DirectDiamond award for its continued success in advancing its lendingprograms and championing the importance of a credit union-owneddelivery channel, the CUSO said.

“Acknowledging the accomplishments of our credit union partnersis our way of saying thank you for the hard work and dedicationthey put into their lending programs,” said Tony Boutelle,president/CEO of CU Direct.