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CU*NorthWest Signs Seven Washington Credit Unions!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Greg Smith, CEO — 866-922-7646

CU*NorthWest Liberty
Lake, Washington
– CU*NorthWest, a wholly owned Credit Union
CUSO based in Liberty Lake, WA announced today that it has contracted
with 7 credit unions in Washington state to convert to its enterprise
CU*BASE processing system. These client additions bring CU*NorthWest’s
credit union processing relationships from 4 institutions to 11 and total
members served from approximately 8300 to over 21,000.

Eastside Credit Union, Financial Services Credit Union, Kenworth Employees
Credit Union, Westside Credit Union, Eastside Municipal Employees Credit
Union, and Pacific Credit Union are all currently under management by “The
Seattle Credit Union Center” (a credit union operational management
organization in Seattle, WA) and will convert from an existing Symitar
In-house system.

“We are so excited about what CU*NorthWest represents as a long
needed option for credit union data processing and information technology
support. We found that not only was the software far more inclusive in
base feature and function but also seemed more credit union centric in
its design,” said Seattle Credit Union Center President Wendy Larson.
Larson went on to say, “The CU*NorthWest CUSO is a perfect fit to
a business model we have been operating for almost 50 years.”

In addition to the Seattle Credit Union Center group, CU*NorthWest has
also contracted with CALCOE FCU in Yakima, Washington for core data processing
services. CALCOE FCU currently represents approximately 1600 members in
the Yakima Valley and will convert from a Fiserv Galaxy online solution.

“A credit union’s data processing solution is one of the
most critical components of credit union operations and member service
ability” said Leslie Johnson, CALCOE FCU CEO. “We truly feel
that we have moved beyond the traditional vendor/client relationship and
have found a new partner in CU*NorthWest.”

“We have an incredible story to tell Northwest credit unions and
they are responding,” said CU*NorthWest CEO Greg Smith. “Building
on the model for success demonstrated by our partner CU*Answers, we bring
an opportunity for credit unions to do business with their own industry
rather than an outside private entity. I welcome our newest credit union
partners and look forward to serving them.”

About CU*NorthWest: CU*NorthWest, an information technology
CUSO, was founded October 1st, 2005 in Liberty Lake, Washington by 4 local
Spokane Credit Unions in partnership with CU*Answers. CU*NorthWest will
target the 5 state area of Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming,
providing a wide variety of services for credit unions including the CU*BASE
Core Processing System.

About CU*Answers (www.cuanswers.com): CU*Answers
was founded over 30 years ago and is a 100% Credit Union owned CUSO located
in Grand Rapids, Michigan. CU*Answers offers a wide variety of services
for credit unions including its flagship CU*BASE Processing System in
both an ASP and In-house environment, Internet Development Services featuring
the CU*@HOME Internet PC Banking product, Member Check Processing and
Direct Deposit processing services. . CU*Answers provides combined services
to 165 credit unions nationally representing nearly 1.5 million members
and $8.8 billion in credit union assets.