PSCU Financial Services Signs Agreement with Illinois State Police FCU For Card Processing Services

St. Petersburg, FL, Dec. 12, 2005 – PSCU Financial Services, the nation's largest credit union service organization (CUSO), today announced an agreement with Illinois State Police Federal Credit Union, Springfield, Ill., to handle card processing services for its credit and debit card accounts. Under the terms of the agreement, PSCU Financial Services will service approximately 2,800 credit card accounts on its CreditAbilityTM platform and more than 5,800 debit card accounts on its DebitAdvantageTM platform. The credit union has more than 8,000 members and $60 million in assets.

“PSCU Financial Services provides us with the flexibility to be more creative in promoting our card programs and positions us to be more competitive as well,” said Richard Hurt, President of Illinois State Police Federal Credit Union. “As added bonus we are anticipating significant financial savings by converting our card programs to PSCU Financial Services.”

"We are very happy that Illinois State Police FCU selected us to service their valued credit and debit card accounts and we look forward to a long and successful business partnership with them," said Dave Serlo, president of PSCU Financial Services. “Providing this credit union, and all of our member-owner credit unions, with the state-of-the art resources to enhance their relationship and services with their members is at the foundation of our company. ”

PSCU Financial Services’ CreditAbility credit card processing and servicing program marries responsive service with efficient transaction processing, credit card monitoring, risk management as well as portfolio support and consultative advisory services. DebitAdvantage is a fully integrated system for processing and reporting of signature and PIN debit, ATM and ATM terminal driving.

About Illinois State Police Federal Credit Union
Illinois State Police Federal Credit Union serves Law Enforcement employees of federal, state, county and municipal agencies or departments engaged in the police protection industry within the state of Illinois.

About PSCU Financial Services

PSCU Financial Services is the nation's largest Credit Union Service Organization (CUSO). As a non-profit cooperative, the company is owned by more than 500 member credit unions nationwide, representing over 9 million credit and debit cardholder accounts and more than 300,000 online bill payment subscribers. PSCU Financial Services maintains its headquarters and Eastern operations center in St. Petersburg, Florida. The company is also supported by a West Coast operations center based in Phoenix, Arizona.

Established in 1977, the company provides a broad array of cost-effective, high quality financial services that include credit, debit, ATM, bill payment 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 the leader in the credit union industry, the company offers gateway access to national and regional networks. It also provides full function ATM terminal driving services. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.pscufs.com.

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