When South Bay, a forward-looking 7,400 member credit union based in Redondo Beach, CA, decided to blaze a trail of their own towards mobility through cloud computing and mobile devices, they recruited some great minds to bring about their vision. They leveraged their existing relationship with eDOC to create a strategy that facilitated the effective…
CU*Answers has announced the publication and release of its 2016 Board Member Handbook. The handbook is developed annually and provided free to anyone with an interest in learning more about how the CU*Answers Board of Directors delivers the 7 Cooperative Principles to the forefront. As part of its goals for their board, the credit union-owned…
CU*Answers, headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, recently announced the release of the 15th kit in the “Go Kit” Series. Similar to monthly subscription mail order programs, Go Kits are pre-packed marketing campaigns in a box. Each kit includes a variety of collateral materials designed to communicate strengths of credit unions and the benefits they bring…
CU*Answers, the 100% credit-union owned cooperative, recently announced their 9th Annual Video Contest to clients of the cuasterisk.com network. Each year CU*Answers offers cash awards and the chance for entries to be professionally produced into a video that can be used by any credit union for advertising. The theme for this year is “Online Retailing…
Oshkosh, WI – (January 12, 2015) Chatter Yak!, the Oshkosh, Wisconsin based CUSO specializing in marketing, social media, website development and branding shares remarkable results a client is experiencing using Yak! Tracker, their premium lead generation application, which allows credit unions to use social media to generate leads and revenue. Alpena Alcona Area Credit Union…
CU*Answers, data processor to nearly 200 credit unions nationwide, recently announced the winners of its contest “5 Pages Inside It’s Me 247.” The contest, which began in June, was held in an effort to gather ideas for expanding the data processor’s online banking platform It’s Me 247 online banking. The first place prize of $2500…
CU*Answers Chief Operations Officer Geoff Johnson, and the designer of the 247 Lender decision model, Peter DeForest from Portfolio Defense, recently collaborated in a joint webinar session for credit unions currently utilizing the CU*BASE® core processing platform. The conference, which was offered free to credit unions, offered insight into the design and capabilities of the…
In June of 2013 when the NCUA transitioned 5300 Call Report delinquency reporting from months to days, CU*Answers updated most areas of it system to report delinquent loans in the 30-59 days, 60-179 days, 180-359 days, or >=360 days categories. Recently, collections related tools were also updated to report delinquency in days. This includes the…
eDOC Innovations is pleased to announce that Lhomond Jones, Vice President of Research and Development, and Mark Fierro, Executive Vice President, have been added as contributing representatives on the Credit Union Financial Exchange (CUFX) Vendor Advisory Board. The CUFX Vendor Advisory Board, started by the CUNA Technology Council, promotes, adopts and supports the CUFX standard,…
Site-Four, a core processing data center headquartered in Yankton, South Dakota, completed a 72-hour trial running 100% on the backup generator. This test was designed to simulate full normal utility power loss from the primary energy provider. The test was conducted from 8:00AM on December 15th to 8:00AM on December 18th. During that timeframe Site-Four…