Credit Union


Fiserv the Architect for Affinity Plus digital banking revamp

Minnesota-based Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union has selected Fiserv’s Architect platform for a digital banking overhaul. The credit union will use Architect to help its online and mobile customers in branches, over the phone, and through digital channels. Dave Larson, president and CEO, Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union, says Fiserv has “the size and expertise […]

New Zealand preps for new credit union law

A new law in New Zealand is being readied with plans to bring in more innovation and accountability to credit unions. Called the Friendly Societies and Credit Unions (Regulatory Improvements) Amendment Bill, the new legislation will update the law for credit unions and their associations. It has been read for the first time in Parliament. […]

CPI Touts Speed, Security of New Instant-Issuance Printer

A new instant-issuance product from CPI Card Group promises faster card processing times along with higher resolution printing. Called Precision by Card@Once, the system is designed to improve security and the customer experience.

Abcul perseveres with Model Credit Union project

The Association of British Credit Unions (Abcul) says it is making progress with its Model Credit Union initiative, to modernise the tech and operations of its members. Three credit unions are now live with new core and mobile banking software.

Crosstown Civic Credit Union in digital banking tech revamp

Crosstown Civic Credit Union, a 31,000-member institution in Winnipeg, Canada, is modernising its digital banking delivery channels with Central 1 Credit Union. Crosstown Civic CU is implementing Central 1’s MemberDirect platform, provided on a hosted basis.

A credit union star is born with Constellation launch

North Carolina-based Coastal Federal Credit Union and eight partners have unveiled Constellation Digital Partners – an organisation offering the “first and only” suite of digital financial services dedicated solely to credit unions. The creation of the firm and its platform is the result of a three-year long R&D effort, which culminated in the filing of […]

Dover Federal Credit Union revamps core system with Symitar’s Episys

Delaware-based Dover Federal Credit Union has opted for the Episys core system for in-house processing from Jack Henry’s Symitar subsidiary. According to Symitar, Dover FCU’s chief innovation officer, Travis Frey, had encountered Episys at two prior credit unions, and was “confident in the flexibility and scalability of the system”. Frey says its core selection process […]

Geezeo puts your reputation on the online

“The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue.” The acidic words of American writer Dorothy Parker. But sharp tongues will now come under the scrutiny of a new digital reputation management service. Be nice everyone and form a giant group hug. Geezeo Interactive, the marketing arm of […]

Lehigh Valley Educators CU live with new core tech

Lehigh Valley Educators Credit Union has gone live with a new core processing platform, Keystone, supplied by Corelation. The Pennsylvania-based credit union stated its tech renovation project last year.

Symitar edges to new record with six credit union clients

Jack Henry’s subsidiary Symitar has set a new record with the addition of six new US credit unions to its Episys core processing system in one fiscal year. All of these credit unions have more than $1 billion in assets and Symitar says getting six new relationships in one fiscal year breaks its previous record […]

Corporate One Federal Credit Union tests real-time payments with D+H

North American banking and payments tech vendor DH Corporation (D+H) is helping Corporate One Federal Credit Union move to real-time payments. Corporate One FCU is using D+H’s cloud-based testing environment to simulate connectivity to The Clearing House’s (TCH) real-time payments network.

Three US FIs in tech revamps

Credit Union of Southern California, Brazosport Teachers Federal Credit Union and Rosedale Federal Savings & Loan Association are undergoing tech modernisation.

Joy for Bankjoy as three credit unions sign contracts

Fintech start-up Bankjoy has signed three credit unions for its digital banking software: CommunityWide Federal Credit Union in Indiana; Advantage Plus Federal Credit Union in Idaho, and One Detroit Credit Union in Illinois.

Kaiperm Diablo FCU chooses Nymbus core banking system

California-based Kaiperm Diablo Federal Credit Union has selected Nymbus’ SmartCore core banking system as part of its technology revamp. Leslie Chan, chairman, board of directors, Kaiperm Diablo FCU, says: “Only Nymbus was positioned to deliver the technology innovation with the speed, agility and urgency we required.” SmartCore is supplied on a hosted basis, and will […]

SCE Federal Credit Union outsources with Jack Henry’s Symitar Ease

California-based SCE Federal Credit Union has chosen Jack Henry and its Symitar subsidiary’s Ease as an outsourced delivery model of the Episys core processing platform. SCE FCU, a $650 million-asset institution, chose outsourcing to give it “all of the benefits of Episys while alleviating the need to manage on-premise systems or hardware updates”. Dan Rader, […]

US start-up Zikher launches online lending platform

San Francisco-based fintech start-up Zikher has unveiled its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform for online lending as it targets small banks’ and credit unions’ business. Mortgage and loan applications are done online and take 15 minutes to fill out. Customers can access their application to get real-time information about their loan or mortgage and talk to a […]