At its recently held 2015 Annual Stockholders Meeting, owners of Xtend, Inc., a Grand Rapids, Michigan-based multi-owned cooperative CUSO, re-elected two credit union leaders to its nine-member Board of Directors. David Keim, CEO of $37M Western Districts Members Credit Union, and Brian Turmell, CEO of $95M AAC Credit Union were elected to serve three-year terms…
CU*Answers, the Grand Rapids, Michigan-based cooperative CUSO, announced that it had recently added its newest credit union owner, Post Community Credit Union located in Battle Creek, Michigan. The $85 million credit union represents approximately 7,500 members. Post Community CU, which converted to the online CU*BASE® core processing system in early 2014, represents the 128th CU*Answers…
Chris Butler, CEO of Community Credit Union, was recognized by CU*Answers as the 11th recipient of the Robert H. Mackay award at the 2015 CU*BASE Leadership Conference held on June 17th in Grand Rapids. CU*Answers CEO Randy Karnes praised Butler, who has served on the CU*Answers Board of Directors since 2001 and as Board Chair…
CU*Answers, a 100% credit union-owned Cooperative, announced today that three credit union CEOs had been chosen by their peers to serve a three-year term on the CUSO’s Board of Directors. Chris Butler, CEO of Community CU in LaCrosse, Wisconsin; Scott McFarland, CEO of Honor CU in St. Joseph, Michigan; and Don Mills, President & CEO…
CU*Answers, the 100% credit union-owned cooperative CUSO, announced at its 2015 Leadership Conference the winners of its 8th Annual Video contests for Best Video Idea, Best 30 Second Spot Idea, and Best Completed Video. The winning contributors, all employees of credit unions on the CU*BASE® core processing platform, each won $1,500 for their credit union.…
CU*Answers, a 100% credit union owned CUSO, headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan is announcing improvements to its project management system. On June 8, 2015, CU*Answers Network Services will deploy the first phase of the planned deployment of the improved Latitude ticket request system. This will be the first of a three phased strategy with the…
CU*Answers, a 100% credit union owned CUSO, headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan recently reported uptime history for its iSeries (CU*BASE®) system. Reports indicate 100% uptime since 2011 excluding scheduled interruptions as part of rollover/business continuity exercises. Other statistics reflect that no down time has been experienced by CU*BASE users since 2013. CU*Answers reports a proud…
AuditLink, a service of cooperative CUSO, CU*Answers, recently published a video introducing PolicySwap and ExamShare. AuditLink reduces the added work imposed by regulations and compliance through the combination of its services, innovative technology, and cooperation amongst industry peers. Factors inherent in changing regulations mandate continuous training and frequent exposure to compliance issues with applied auditor…
Xtend, Inc., the Grand Rapids, Michigan-based multi-owned cooperative CUSO, recently announced the results of its second fiscal quarter to stockholders and clients. The results for the fiscal period, which ended on March 31st, reflected a continuation of the solid numbers posted during the company’s first quarter. In his quarterly newsletter to stockholders, Xtend President Scott…
Two CUSO partners, West Michigan-based CU*Answers and South Dakota-based Site-Four, recently completed the relocation of hot site disaster recovery support services for Harris County Federal Credit Union (Houston, Texas). “The successful transition of the Harris County FCU backup server from our data center in Grand Rapids to the Site-Four location in Yankton is the result…