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April 6, 2010

TMG Adds More Credit Unions to its Credit, Prepaid Platforms

(Des Moines, Iowa – April 6, 2010) – TMG (The Members Group) has added three credit unions to its list of card services clients.

January 25, 2010

TMG Rewards Credit Unions for Top Gift Card Sales

(Des Moines, Iowa – January 25, 2010) – In addition to rewarding three client credit unions for top holiday gift card sales, card processor TMG (The Members Group) has named client Cornerstone Credit Union (Iowa) Most Improved for 2009 ATIRAgift Sales.

January 15, 2010

Credit Unions Add Enhanced Gift Card Programs to Plastic Products Lineup

(Des Moines, Iowa – January 15, 2010) – Five TMG Iowa credit union clients have opted to add TMG’s ATIRAgift card to their existing plastics offering.

October 30, 2009

Midland Credit Union Adds Reloadable Cards to Card Product Lineup

(Des Moines, Iowa – October 30, 2009) – Midland Credit Union, a Des Moines-based credit union with more than 4,700 members and assets of $36 million, has added reloadable cards to its lineup of plastic products.

October 29, 2009

Affinity Credit Union to Launch Reloadable Card for Hispanic Market

(Des Moines, Iowa – October 28, 2009) – Partnering with sister companies TMG (The Members Group) and Coopera Consulting, Des Moines-based Affinity Credit Union will launch prepaid reloadable cards to serve the Hispanic market. The new product – designed in part to improve Hispanic populations’ relationship with the financial sector – will be funded by a $40,000 Innovation Grant from the National Credit Union Foundation.

October 26, 2009

Citing Growth of Mobile, TMG introduces Text Message Alerts for ATIRAreload Product

(Des Moines, Iowa – October 26, 2009) – TMG (The Members Group) has added Short Message

Service (SMS) text message alerts to its ATIRAreload card product, a reloadable prepaid card

offering available to TMG’s credit union and community bank clients.

September 14, 2009

New Card Processing Clients for TMG

(Des Moines, Iowa – September 11, 2009) – TMG (The Members Group) has added three credit

unions to its client list and renewed partnerships with three others.

March 30, 2009

TMG Rewards Credit Unions for Top Gift Card Sales

TMG has rewarded 10 credit union tellers and five credit union branches with top gift card-sales honors stemming from the company’s third annual ATIRAgift^SM holiday sales competition.

March 3, 2009

Reloadable White Paper Pertinent for Credit Unions in Down Economy

To get credit union leaders thinking about growth during trying economic times, TMG (The Members Group) has issued a white paper on reloadable card programs.

February 25, 2009

America First Credit Union Renews Gift Card Program with TMG

One of the largest credit unions in the country, America First Credit Union, has renewed its prepaid gift card partnership with TMG.

August 25, 2008

TMG Expands Prepaid Offering with Reloadable Cards

TMG is expanding its prepaid product line by announcing the availability of general purpose reloadable cards to its credit union clients. The reloadable card service, called ATIRAreload, allows cardholders to load money onto the card and use it almost anywhere Visa debit cards are accepted.

July 22, 2008

TMG Expands Prepaid Offering with Payroll Cards

TMG is expanding its prepaid product line by announcing the general availability of payroll cards to its credit union clientele. The pay card service, called ATIRApay, already has more than 40,000 U.S. employee cardholders, acquired during the product’s year-long pilot program.

February 13, 2008

ATIRAgift Card Sales Double for 2007 Holiday Season

“Credit union members are truly embracing Visa branded prepaid debit cards,” said Jeff Falk, director of product development for TMG.

February 11, 2008

TMG's ATIRAgift Card Wins Paybefore Award

TMG’s ATIRAgift card program has been announced as a Paybefore award winner in the “Best Materials Design and Presentation” category for its 2007 holiday marketing campaign titled, "Busy Holiday."

December 10, 2007

Strong Gift Card Sales Kick Off Peak Season

Early sales figures indicate large numbers of consumers are electing to purchase gift cards that offer the freedom of redemption at a variety of retailers instead of a single retailer. Since Black Friday, the 55 credit unions offering TMG's ATIRAgift cards have sold nearly 15,000 instant issue gift cards with an average load of more than $90 a card.