Clarke American Recognizes Outstanding Partner Commitments.Business Editors SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 2000 Twelve credit unions receive "Partnership Excellence" award for superior dedication to member satisfaction and retention Clarke American, the fastest growing provider of checks and related products and services, introduced a partner recognition program. The program, "Partnership Excellence," recognizes credit unions that share strategic goals with Clarke American and focus on providing complete member satisfaction and retention. Twelve credit union partners across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. will receive the "Partnership Excellence" award, an engraved en·grave tr.v. en·graved, en·grav·ing, en·graves 1. To carve, cut, or etch into a material: engraved the champion's name on the trophy. 2. jade crystal diamond-shaped statue. Credit union partners were judged upon several criteria including a willingness to participate in growth initiatives that Clarke American offers to improve member service and access, such as InTouch(R) Messaging and ServiceLine Plus(SM). Other criteria included a commitment to share draft penetration and establishing the credit union as the Primary Financial Institution and viewing its relationship with Clarke American as a long-term partnership. "All of our credit union partners are extremely important to Clarke American," said Brad Wheeless, vice president and general manager of Clarke American's Credit Union Division, "and we do not want to imply that if a partner did not get recognized that we do not value that relationship. We view the `Partnership Excellence' award as a wonderful opportunity to recognize these twelve partners and say thank you." "Partnership Excellence" awards will be presented by the individual account executives to the recipients from February to March. The 1999 recipients are Alabama Credit Union (Alabama), America First Credit Union America First Federal Credit Union, a federally chartered credit union headquartered in Ogden, Utah, is the 13th largest credit union in assets in the U.S. As of January, 2007, America First has 72 branch locations, 418,515 members, and has USD3.68 billion in assets. (Utah), American First Credit Union (California), Arrowhead Credit Union (California), CODE Credit Union (Ohio), Government Employees Credit Union - El Paso El Paso (ĕl pă`sō), city (1990 pop. 515,342), seat of El Paso co., extreme W Tex., on the Rio Grande opposite Juárez, Mex.; inc. 1873. (Texas), GTE GTE General Telephone & Electronics GTE Génie Thermique et Énergie (French) GTE Gas Turbine Engine GTE Global Tropospheric Experiment GTE Geothermal Energy GTE Gas Turbine Efficiency plc (Sweden & USA) Federal Credit Union (Florida), IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Southeast Credit Union (Florida), Maine State Employees Credit Union (Maine), People's Community Federal Credit Union (Washington), T&C Federal Credit Union (Michigan), and Tinker Federal Credit Union (Oklahoma). "We evaluated credit unions of all sizes to determine who would be best qualified to receive the `Partnership Excellence' award, Wheeless continued. "Our goal is to provide credit unions and their members with the best possible service and choices when it comes to checks and check-related products and services. We wanted to recognize our partners who are fully committed (Law) committed to prison for trial, in distinction from being detained for examination. See also: Fully to our partnership for the benefit of their members." About Clarke American Clarke American Checks, Inc., headquartered in San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. , is one of the largest specialty printers of financial institution checks in the United States. Since 1975, Clarke American has been helping credit unions increase member satisfaction, reduce operating costs and gain primary financial institution status. Producing more than 9.6 billion checks per year, Clarke American has an unmatched 99.92 percent printing accuracy rate in the industry. Clarke American's unique services include InTouch(R) Messaging and ServiceLine Plus(SM). InTouch digital printing technology can be used to send a general introduction message about new products and services, announce branch openings or make a targeted offer to a specific member. ServiceLine Plus is a service offered to partnering credit unions, and was developed as part of Clarke American's service innovations to facilitate the check reorder re·or·der v. re·or·dered, re·or·der·ing, re·or·ders v.tr. 1. To order (the same goods) again. 2. To straighten out or put in order again. 3. To rearrange. v. and inquiry process. For additional information about Clarke American's Credit Union products and services, contact Julie Faulkner, director of marketing at 210/697-6179, write 10931 Laureate Drive, San Antonio, Texas “San Antonio” redirects here. For other uses, see San Antonio (disambiguation). San Antonio is the second most populous city in Texas, the third most populous metropolitan area in Texas, and is the seventh most populous city in the United States. As of the 2006 U.S. 78249 or email julie_faulkner@caradon.com. Visit its Internet site at http://creditunion.clarkeamerican.com or www.clarkeamerican.com. |
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