CU*Answers, the 100% credit union-owned cooperative CUSO, is dedicated to its employees and encourages them to always continue learning and growing in their careers. As part of that purpose, the Organizational Resource Development Team (ORD) hosts the Employee Participation Program (EPP). This program offers over 100 classes focused solely on educating and helping their employees…
CU*NorthWest and network partners Xtend and ChatterYak from the cuasterisk.com network will be attending the California and Nevada Credit Union Leagues’ Reach 2014 Annual Meeting and Convention in Los Angeles, CA next week. Demonstrating the competitive advantage of the cuasterisk network, Steve Caniglia will be in booth #312 representing CU*NorthWest, along with Liz Winninger of…
As the 2014 business year draws to a close, CU*NorthWest is announcing that it will post one of its most successful years with respect to new members processed on its CU*BASE® core processing platform and new markets opened. With the conversion of Family First FCU, in Great Falls, Montana, on September, 15, CU*NorthWest will have…
CU*NorthWest – the 100% credit union owned Cooperative CUSO located in Liberty Lake, WA is the recipient of the 2014 Kim Bannan Eternal Flame Award. The CUSO was nominated by credit unions it serves in Southern California. “CU*NorthWest really cares about our industry”, says Olivia Bautista, CEO of Sunkist Employees Federal Credit Union (a nominator…
For Xtend, Inc., the Grand Rapids, Michigan-based multi-owned cooperative CUSO, the final quarter of its fiscal year was a period of significant growth for its Member Reach e-communication business unit. According to the CUSO, its Member Reach services, which include member e-statement notifications, targeted member messaging, electronic newsletters and business-to-business marketing campaigns, generated more than…
CU*Answers, Inc., the Grand Rapids, Michigan-based cooperative co-operative CUSO, recently expanded its service offerings for credit unions that utilize its CU*BASE core data processing suite in an in-house deployment. These services, which are part of the CUSO’s Ops Engine product and services suite, are focused on providing remote daily, weekly, monthly or on-demand operations as…
CU*Answers has released several new lending tools that improve the processes for Escrow Analysis, Loan-to-Value Calculations, Collateral Re-Pricing and Packaging Loans to be Sold. These new tools will allow credit union lending teams time to lend, rather than spending time performing job tasks. Credit unions can now process escrow analysis for multiple escrow categories in…
Now credit unions can offer automated Skip-A-Pay programs for consumer loans that can generate income with little or no manual tasks. CU*Answers, a cooperative CUSO, is adding to their lending products a feature that will provide credit unions with eligibility rules, skip pay maximums by loan and by year, interest paid at member opt-in and…
CU*Answers, West Michigan-based core processing CUSO, announced that CitizensFirst Credit Union in Oshkosh, Wisconsin will be converting to its core platform, CU*BASE on November 1, 2014. Once this project to convert over 38,000 has been completed, the merger team will then merge in 2 other area credit unions currently on CU*BASE, Lakeview C U and…
On September 23rd, two CUSO partners – the Grand Rapids, Michigan-based cooperative CU*Answers, Inc., and the Yankton, South Dakota-based Site Four – hosted a “Self Processor Summit” for customer-owners that utilize the CU*Answers CU*BASE core data processing solution in an in-house deployment. The bi-annual meeting was held at Site Four’s Yankton data center. “It always…