Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union Helps Collect Donations for Local ‘Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’PSCU Financial Services Built Donation Web Site in 48 HoursSt. Petersburg, FL, August 6, 2009 – A lot of planning and preparation goes on before a team of volunteers can yell ‘Move that Bus.’ Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union of St. Paul, Minn., teamed with Builders Commonwealth from Duluth, Minn., to support ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” in Douglas County, Wisconsin. The deserving family was announced on Aug. 3 and the unveiling is scheduled for Monday, Aug. 10.The TV show documents a dramatic home remodel for a needy family in just one week—thanks to volunteer labor, donated construction materials and monetary contributions. When the credit union was asked to furnish a secure web site to accept donations, it turned to PSCU Financial Services. The cooperative responded immediately and built the site within 48 hours. “PSCU Financial Services exceeded our expectations by building a secure web site to collect donations in just 48 hours. The site was urgently needed because an announcement had been made about the upcoming Extreme Makeover—and people throughout the community began to respond. The building firm contacted us to see if we The donation site is linked to the Builders Commonwealth web site, since the builder is in charge of obtaining donated time and materials for the home remodeling project. “We are extremely happy to help support such a worthwhile cause,” notes David. J. Serlo, President, PSCU Financial Services. “We worked closely with our new partner, Sterling Payment Technologies, to fulfill the need for a secure site that could accept debit and credit donations.” On Monday, Aug. 3, PSCU Financial Services announced a referral agreement with Sterling Payment Technologies for small business merchant processing. Sterling Payment Technologies is a fast-growing card processor that specializes in bringing the latest electronic payment technology to businesses. The cooperative’s credit unions will receive compensation from Sterling on small business members referred and performing merchant processing through Sterling. About Extreme Makeover: Home EditionThe Emmy-winning reality program "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," is entering its seventh season. The show airs Sundays from 8:00-9:00 p.m., Eastern Time on ABC. It is produced by Endemol USA, a division of Endemol Holding. It is executive-produced by Anthony Dominici. David Goldberg is Chairman, Endemol North America.About PSCU Financial ServicesBased in St. Petersburg, Florida, PSCU Financial Services is the nation's largest credit union service organization (CUSO) and serves more than 1,300 financial institutions nationwide. As a non-profit cooperative, the company is owned by more than 600 member credit unions representing over 13 million accounts and 880,000 online bill payment subscribers. Its Contact Centers handle more than 16 million inquiries a year. PSCU Financial Services offers 24/7 member support through four Contact Centers: its Eastern operations center in St. Petersburg, Fla.; a Western operations center based in Phoenix, Ariz.; and two call centers in Detroit, Mich. These Contact Centers perform member servicing and new member acquisition, cross-selling and automated lending solutions as well as support for debit/credit/prepaid cardholders and online bill payment subscribers.Established in 1977, the company provides a broad array of cost-effective, high quality financial services that include credit, debit, ATM, prepaid, bill payment, electronic banking and contact center solutions. PSCU Financial Services uniquely offers its members a full range of processing options, any combination from full service to in-house pass through processing for credit, debit and ATM transactions. As a leader in the credit union movement, the company offers gateway access to national and regional networks. It also provides full function ATM terminal driving services. For more information, visit PSCU Financial Services’ website at www.pscufs.com.
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