Lower East Side People’s Federal Credit Union was featured recently in an article celebrating Community Development Credit Unions and their role in giving opportunities to the underserved communities in New York City. Linda Levy, CEO of Lower East Side People’s FCU, was quoted in the article saying, “Obviously, the Lower East Side has changed a…
Chatter Yak!, the Oshkosh, Wisconsin-based CUSO specializing in loan lead generation software, marketing, social media, website development and branding, announced that it has established a strategic partnership with FI-Mobile, a leading provider of modern digital banking solutions. This partnership is historic as FI-Mobile is currently the only mobile banking application provider integrating Chatter Yak!’s loan…
“Members as Co-Creators: Connecting with our Owners” is the theme of CU*SOUTH’s address at the National Coalition of Firefighters Credit Unions Annual Meeting in Nashville this week. Focused on the needs of credit unions serving firefighters and their families, the Coalition brings together firefighter volunteers and CEOs for four days of networking and education. “Great…
In the spirit of continuous training, knowledge expansion, and toolset advancement, CU*Answers recently offered a class for credit union lending, accounting, and management teams on how to perform write offs and charge offs in the CUSO’s flagship core processing product CU*BASE®. This was a compliment to their recent loan processing upgrade that added fifty-two data…
AuditLink, the audit and compliance division of the West Michigan-based CUSO CU*Answers, announced that Jim Vilker, head of the division, has passed the Certified Anti-Money Laundering (CAMS) exam. “Passing CAMS has been a professional goal of mine for many years,” said Vilker. “After attending the ACAMS international seminar in Las Vegas last year it became…
Chatter Yak!, the Oshkosh, Wisconsin-based CUSO specializing in marketing, social media, website development and branding, celebrated the first anniversary of its popular and informative webinar series, Social Media Chats. Social Media Chats were created by Chatter Yak to navigate the ever-changing, often unchartered waters of social media. The live webinars are designed for credit unions…
West Michigan-based cooperative CUSO, CU*Answers, announced the promotion of Esteban Camargo to the new role within the organization as Manager of Communications and Content Marketing. Speaking with the board of directors and credit union clients, CEO Randy Karnes said, “We’re seeing value through the eyes of new leaders. I hope you all get to know…
CU*Northwest, a 100% credit union owned CUSO located in Liberty Lake, Washington, celebrated its ten year anniversary on October 1st. CEO Greg Smith gave a special thanks to their network partners for helping to make it possible. “Turning 10 is a milestone for any company, but for CU*NorthWest this is not only a business victory…
Xtend, a 100% credit union-owned CUSO, recently hosted its first Sales & Marketing Roundtable. This event, to be held quarterly at Xtend headquarters in Grand Rapids, Michigan, offers participants tips and best practices on CU*BASE® marketing and sales tools as well as the opportunity to network with other marketing and sales staff in the cuasterisk.com…
CU*Answers announced it will host its second Network Services IT Boot Camp in October, for which it is now accepting applications. This past spring, CU*Answers held its first IT Boot Camp event, which received rave reviews. The biannual Network Services IT Boot Camp, held at CU*Answers corporate headquarters in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is designed to…