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, has been encouraging employee development through their Employee Participation Program (EPP) for over 15 years. As a company they have now set their sights on providing the highest quality of training for their employees. A new program called the Trainer Certification Program was implemented to help set a standard…
Your credit union is pulling credit reports for loan applications every day, but what are you doing with all that information? CU*Answers, the West Michigan-based cooperative CUSO, has answered this question with the addition of its newest CU*BASE® analysis dashboard—the Credit Score History Analysis. The new tool, which was added free of charge with the…
CU*Answers, a core data processing CUSO, recently announced that all credit unions on its CU*BASE core platform received the 14.0 release version June 8-10. The release, which was provided free of charge to all credit unions on the system, includes a number of exciting enhancements and is highlighted by upgrades to its Mobile Web Banking…