CU*NorthWest, the 100% credit union-owned cooperative CUSO, announced today that Puget Sound Refinery Federal Credit Union in Anacortes, Washington, has signed with CU*NorthWest and is scheduled for conversion in May 2018. The $11.3 million dollar credit union represents approximately 1,130 members. Puget Sound Refinery FCU CEO Darene Follette said: “When it came time to re-evaluate…
CU*NorthWest, the Liberty Lake, Washington-based cooperative CUSO, announces that it has added a new credit union owner. The latest investor is County Schools Federal Credit Union, located in Ventura, California, with $53.7M assets and 7.4K members. “Our cooperative business model allows for an equal opportunity for ownership and voice, irrespective of member or asset size”,…
CU*NorthWest, the 100% credit union-owned cooperative CUSO, announced today that Chula Vista City Employees Federal Credit Union in Chula Vista, California, has signed with CU*NorthWest and is scheduled for conversion in February 2018. Chula Vista City Employees FCU was chartered in 1967 and the $2.8 million dollar credit union represents approximately 579 members. Lydia DeNecochea,…
CU*NorthWest, an information technology cooperative CUSO based in Liberty Lake, Washington, participated in a successful production disaster recovery test of its high availability replication environment. The test began on November 5th when CU*NorthWest moved all production operations from its primary data center to an out of region secondary data center where it maintains a second…
Eastern Washington based cooperative CUSO CU*NorthWest is pleased to announce that the 2018 Education Catalog is complete and has been mailed to clients. CU*NorthWest typically delivers the catalog prior to the beginning of each calendar year in an effort to give clients time to design their own annual training program based on the offerings in…
Liberty Lake-based core data processor, CU*NorthWest, announced that County Schools FCU of Ventura, CA, successfully converted to the CU*BASE® data processing system. The credit union represents 7,400 members and $53.7 million in assets. County Schools FCU was able to offer its members new and improved services through CU*NorthWest including It’s Me 247 Online Banking, mobile…
CU*NorthWest, the Liberty Lake, Washington-based cooperative CUSO, announced that it recently migrated its core production and high availability environment to the latest POWER8 server technology. The CUSO is utilizing these new servers to serve credit unions across the nation shared between three group providers. Kinsey Hiett, the CU*NorthWest AVP of Operations noted: “The new IBM…
CU*NorthWest, the 100% credit union-owned cooperative CUSO, located in Liberty Lake, Washington, will once again return as an exhibitor at the California & Nevada Credit Union Leagues’ Annual Conference held November 6-8th in Palm Desert, CA. CU*NorthWest wants to reach out to all credit unions attending to stop by booth #302 and learn about their…
As CU*NorthWest, a 100% credit union owned cooperative CUSO, closed its fiscal year 2017 (ending 9/30/17), the CU*NorthWest board and management team evaluated the net profits of the firm and authorized the waiving of multiple fees for all September customer invoices. CEO Greg Smith stated: “CU*NorthWest remains committed to the cooperative principles on which it…
CU*NorthWest, the 100% credit union-owned cooperative CUSO, announced today that they will be attending the Washington, Oregon and Idaho Credit Union Leagues’ 2017 MAXX Conference in Spokane, Washington, as an exhibitor. This is the first time all three states have combined their annual meeting. Elizabeth Evans, business development, will be in booth #30 representing CU*NorthWest.…