Xtend, Inc., a Grand Rapids, Michigan-based multi-owned cooperative CUSO, has recently provided call center support for the members of Heartland Credit Union, the Springfield, IL-based credit union ($200M, 24,000 members) for its core data processing upgrade. Heartland Credit Union converted to the CU*BASE core data processing suite from CU*Answers during the 2nd quarter of 2010.
The credit union engaged Xtend to provide overflow and after hours member call support during the period following the live date of its conversion. The service was provided by the CUSO’s Xtension Call Center, and according to President Scott Collins, this project was similar in nature to work done for several other credit unions earlier in the year but on a larger scale.
“Once Heartland made its decision to upgrade its core system, we reached out to them about the merits of engaging our team of agents during a one-to-two week post-conversion,” comments Collins. “Since we had worked a dozen conversion projects over the past eighteen months, I think both sides were very comfortable that it would be a beneficial arrangement. It goes without saying that we were excited about the opportunity to work with their members and were even more pleased that they asked us to extend the support period for this engagement,” continues Collins.