When Collection’s teams grow it is usually due to a downgrading economy. Not so with CU*Answers, the West Michigan-based cooperative CUSO, as their Collections team added three new positions over the last two months. “It’s great to be able to help our economy and the clients at the same time.” said Jerry Collins the Collections…
CU*Answers, a 100% credit union-owned Cooperative, announced today that two credit union CEOs had been confirmed by their peers to serve another three-year term on the CUSO’s Board of Directors. Vickie Schmitzer, CEO of Frankenmuth CU in Frankenmuth, Michigan; and Dean Wilson, CEO of FOCUS Credit Union in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, both incumbents, were re-elected at…
CU*Answers, a 100% credit union-owned CUSO, held their 2014 Annual Leadership Conference and Stockholders Meeting on June 18th at the J.W. Marriott Hotel in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The event brought together credit union leadership from across the country for a briefing on the organization’s overall direction and major projects in the works for the coming…
CU*Answers, the 100% credit union-owned, cooperative CUSO announced a greatly expanded feature set for its Mobile Web Banking product. “This is the year for Mobile Web Banking,” said Scott Page, EVP of CU*Answers. “Members can now apply for a loan, view rate boards, open sub accounts, view if a check has cleared, update their personal…
CU*Answers, the 100% credit union-owned, cooperative CUSO recently attended the Flint Chapter of Credit Unions Annual Golf Scramble, held June 10th, 2014 at the Atlas Valley Country Club in Grand Blanc, Michigan. “Generous sponsors, golfers and volunteers attend for a beautiful day of golf, but more importantly to network and discuss issues facing all of…
CU*Answers, the 100% credit union-owned, cooperative CUSO recently attended the Michigan Credit Union League & Affiliates 2014 Annual Convention and Exposition. The convention ran from June 5-7 at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel & DeVos Place in downtown Grand Rapids, MI. The CUSO hosted the Bash at the B.O.B. in downtown Grand Rapids on Thursday…
CU*Answers, the Grand Rapids, Michigan-based cooperative CUSO, announced that it had recently added another credit union owner. This investor is Greensboro Municipal Federal Credit Union, located in Greensboro, NC ($46M and 5.5K members). Scott Page, CU*Answers EVP said “CU*Answers now has 124 credit union owners nationally, with 6 new owners already added in 2014. A…
CU*Answers Continued Growth Evident in Hiring Escalation and New Job Creation Even through the financial downturn that began in 2008 the 100% credit union-owned CU*Answers stayed strong. The West-Michigan-based cooperative continued to grow while other businesses, small and large, around the nation struggled to maintain operation. Just as growth occurred during those difficult times, it…
CU*Answers, the West-Michigan based cooperative CUSO, is pleased to announce that to date in 2014 fiscal year the SettleMINT EFT Team has successfully completed 10 Online Credit Card Conversions, and 12 ATM/Debit Card Conversions with several more on the calendar. “The calendar for 2014 is full for the year! We are already starting to schedule…
June has arrived and with it comes the annual CU*Answers Leadership Conference. The West Michigan-based CUSO will be hosting over 150 individuals from credit unions all over the country at the J.W. Marriott Hotel in downtown Grand Rapids. Designed for CEOs and senior credit union leaders from all CU*BASE® clients, the CU*Answers Leadership Conference provides…