Three credit unions and two banks have joined together to file a class action lawsuit against Heartland Payment Systems to try to recoup some of the card losses they have taken due to Heartland's card security breach.

The three credit unions, the $123 million Matadors Community Credit Union headquartered in Northridge, California; the $1.4 billion GECU, headquartered in San Antonio, Texas and the $1.2 billion MidFlorida Federal Credit Union headquartered in Lakeland, Florida joined Amalgamated Bank, headquartered in New York and Farmers State Bank headquartered in Marcus, Iowa to bring the complaint in Federal District Court in New Jersey.

The suit does not claim any specific damages or seek specific monetary awards.

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