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In what it describes as a "dramatic success story" of combating counterfeit check and plastic fraud, the North Carolina Credit Union League went public last week with formation of a new CUSO that reportedly is saving bundles for CUs in North and South Carolina.

After the successful Triad launch last year of "Operation CU Troop", Carolina Postal Credit Union has expanded its program to the greater Charlotte, High Point, Winston-Salem and Greensboro areas for 2007.

Corporate One Federal Credit Union has taken its passion for enterprise wide risk management to the next logical level.

The $193 million Altier Credit Union has issued a press release to promote the Financial Services Center Cooperatives' shared branching through Vcom kiosks located in 7-Eleven convenience stores.

Credit unions in North and South Dakota will have an easier way to bring surcharge free ATM services to their members thanks to an agreement inked recently between CO-OP Financial Services and the Mid-America Credit Service Corporation.

Shared branching got a boost into more of the credit union conscience in the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita and their aftermath and there are indications it might be getting another in the wake of the October's tremendous fires in California.