2011 - 4th Quarter

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Alliance One participation fee amounts to $0.05 per ATM, due in January

As a member of Alliance One, you are among nearly 1,000 financial institutions in 43 states to offer your members a surcharge-free ATM option at almost 5,000 ATMs across the country. At a time when your members are already cash-strapped, your involvement in Alliance One is more significant than ever. Alliance One allows you to cost-effectively provide members lower fees while differentiating yourself from other financial institutions in your area by offering a vast alliance of ATMs that your car ... Read More +

Alliance One audit: Don’t forget to "Confirm" or "Update Now" by Jan. 6

Alliance One issued its biennial audit of participants earlier this month. In order for Alliance One to be a reliable resource for our participants and their ATM users, it is crucial that our database contains accurate participant information, which is why we ask Alliance One participants to verify and/or update their account information every other year. The process is automated this year to make it more convenient for participants to verify and complete. While we’ve heard from many of y ... Read More +

Is your FI in compliance with Durbin?

The deadline for financial institutions to comply with the Durbin Amendment is rapidly approaching. What does this mean for your financial institution? You must have at least two unaffiliated networks on your debit cards by April 1, 2012. They can be either two unaffiliated PIN networks, or one signature and one PIN network that are unaffiliated. There are no prohibitions on network participation and networks can no longer offer exclusivity agreements to issuers. Merchant routing discreti ... Read More +

Offer extended: $300 credit for those that add CU 24 Gateway by Jan. 31

Interested FIs also receive complimentary conference registration to 30th Anniversary Credit Union Conference cruise Credit Union 24 (CU 24) has extended its offer to credit $300 toward the implementation fee for Alliance One participants adding the Credit Union 24 Gateway through January 31, 2012. Plus, for all requests for additional information on CU 24, CU 24 will waive the conference fee of $575.00 for those wishing to participate in their special 30th Anniversary Credit Union Conference c ... Read More +