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Four Credit Unions Sign with Fifth Third Processing Solutions

    CINCINNATI, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Fifth Third Processing Solutions is
pleased to announce that the following four credit unions have signed
contracts for electronic funds transfer services, including gateway access,
ATM and debit card processing, card production services and ATM terminal
driving:

    A+ Credit Union located in Idaho Falls, Idaho serves the Faculty,
Staff, Students, Alumni and immediate family members of all Bonneville
County educational facilities, including Eastern Idaho Technical College
and University Place. Founded in 1955, the credit union today has over $14
million in assets and 5000 members. http://www.iftcu.coop

    Baptist Employees Credit Union located in Cary, North Carolina, has
been serving its members since 1961. Today the credit union has over 850
members and assets of $4.5 million.

    Dowell Federal Credit Union of Tulsa, Oklahoma, has been serving its
members since 1962. The credit union has grown to have $27 million in
assets, 5300 members and serves the employees and families of employees of
Schlumberger Oilfield Locations, Hydro Chemical Industrial Services, Inc.,
Chandler Instruments Company LLC and Process Manufacturing.
http://www.dowellfcu.com

    Gateway Community Federal Credit Union of Missoula, Montana, was
founded in 1968 by the International Paper Workers Union Local #885.
Several years later, employees of the Missoula Electric Coop and Blackfoot
Telephone Company joined the credit union. In 1995, Gateway Community
Federal Credit Union was granted a community charter for the Missoula
Community allowing it to serve all those that live, work and worship in the
Missoula area. Today, the full service credit union with over $37 million
in assets, serves its 6000 members through its three locations.
http://www.gatewaycommunityfcu.com

    "Our superior reputation in the payments processing industry enables
Fifth Third Processing Solutions to partner with many quality and diverse
financial institutions across the United States," said Angela Brown,
President, Financial Institutions Services at Fifth Third Processing
Solutions. "We are thrilled to be working with these four credit unions and
all of our valued clients to help provide technologically advanced services
to meet their processing needs and support their growth and expansion in
the communities in which they serve."

    Fifth Third Processing Solutions, LLC delivers innovative payment
transaction processing and acceptance solutions to create and support
complex payment strategies for merchants, businesses, and financial
institutions around the world. A pioneer in card payment acceptance in the
early 1970s, Fifth Third Processing Solutions is headquartered in
Cincinnati, Ohio and is a joint venture with Advent International and Fifth
Third Bank, a subsidiary of Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB)

    As a premier full service payment solutions provider, the Company
provides servicing solutions and product engineering for financial
institutions' and retailers' credit card, debit card, merchant and private
label programs processing over 28.4 billion ATM and point of sale
transactions and over $292 billion in debit and credit card sales volume
annually. The Company supports over 173,000 merchant and financial
institution locations and 11,000 ATMs in 44 states and 11 countries.
According to the Nilson Report (March 2009), the Company is the fourth
largest U.S. merchant purchase transaction acquirer. Learn more at
http://www.FTPSLLC.com.