CU*NorthWest, a cooperative data processing CUSO, recently announced that Thinkwise Credit Union, formerly San Bernardino Schools Employees Federal Credit Union, will be purchasing stock at CU*NorthWest. They are the 20th credit union owner of CU*NorthWest. Thinkwise Credit Union is set to convert in September of 2015 and is excited at the prospect of being able…
CU*NorthWest, the 100% credit union-owned CUSO, announced today that Metrum Community Credit Union in Centennial, Colorado has signed with CU*NorthWest and is scheduled for conversion in January 2016. The $60 million credit union represents approximately 4,800 members. Each time another credit union makes the decision to unite with other credit unions in the CU*NorthWest CUSO…
CU*NorthWest, a cooperative data processing CUSO, recognized South Bay Credit Union as the 2015 “Spirit of CU*NorthWest Award” winner. The credit union received the award for their strong execution and effort to constantly demonstrate the principle of being “all about the member,” and for being an inspiration to their credit union peers. “We are always…
CU*NorthWest, the 100% credit union-owned CUSO, recently announced that Thinkwise Credit Union, formerly San Bernardino Schools Employees Federal Credit Union, in San Bernardino, California has signed with CU*NorthWest and is scheduled for conversion in September 2015. The $74 million credit union represents approximately 5,500 members. CU*NorthWest is extremely pleased to be adding an additional California…
CU*NorthWest, a cooperative data processing CUSO, along with the extended cuasterisk.com network, successfully implemented the required compliance changes, meeting the recent ISO 8583 mandate from CO-OP. The mandate, affected CO-OP shared branching participating credit unions using both the FSCC and CUSC switches. The mandates were extensive and required for all participants in their network. The…
Prospects, cuasterisk.com network partners and an overwhelming majority of CU*NorthWest clients attended the Liberty Lake-based CUSO’s Leadership Conference held June 23-25, 2015 at the Northern Quest Resort in Airway Heights, Washington. The event is designed as an executive briefing for credit union CEO’s and senior staff. Greg Smith, CEO of CU*NorthWest and Randy Karnes, CEO…
Earnings Edge, the solutions and earnings division of the cooperative CUSO CU*Answers, announced it has published a case study in cooperation with $30 million Element Federal Credit Union (Charleston, WV) detailing the use of CU*BASE® in creating charitable programs. In particular, the case study focuses on Element’s SwipeIt for Good campaign, and how they used…
CU*Answers, the West-Michigan based cooperative CUSO, offers a free fraud detection service that detects potential fraudulent activity over all scheduled bill pay transactions. FraudNet™ is offered through Fiserv, one of CU*Answers’ bill pay vendors, and detects suspicious activity prior to it happening and stops the transaction before it is scheduled to post. “In June, FraudNet…
At its 2015 Annual Stockholder Meeting, Xtend, Inc., the Grand Rapids, Michigan-based multi-owned cooperative CUSO, introduced a new partnership with Salt Lake City, Utah-based RevelTV to deliver digital content to its customer-owners and clients. In his presentation to owners, Xtend President Scott Collins demonstrated a variety of member-facing digitized content designed to drive credit union…
Over the past several weeks, Xtend, Inc., the Grand Rapids, Michigan-based multi-owned cooperative CUSO, participated in a series of annual events hosted by its CUSO partners in the cuasterisk.com network. The initial event was hosted by eDOC Innovations in mid-May for both owners and clients. That event was followed in June by two Annual Leadership…