On June 21st, Xtend, Inc., the Grand Rapids, Michigan-based multi-owned cooperative CUSO, welcomed over one hundred credit union professionals to its 14th Annual Stockholder Meeting. The meeting, which was open to not only customer-owners, but also clients and visitors, was the largest event that the CUSO had ever hosted. This year’s event was held at…
CU*Answers, the 100% credit union-owned cooperative CUSO, announced at its 2016 Leadership Conference the winners of its 9th Annual Video contests for Best Video Idea, Best 30 Second Spot Idea, and Best Completed Video. For the first time ever, CU*Answers selected four winning entries instead of three. The winning contributors, all employees of credit unions…
At its 2016 Leadership Conference on June 17th, CU*Answers recognized rkGoBig, a collaboration of credit unions in the eastern U.S. and headquartered in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, as the winner of the 6th annual “Spirit of CU*Answers” award. rkGoBig is a CUSO started by six credit unions in the eastern U.S. Based on the work of Mid-Atlantic…
CU*Answers, a 100% credit union-owned CUSO, held their 2016 Annual Leadership Conference and Stockholders Meeting on June 22nd 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 for the coming year. This year’s…
CU*Answers, a 100% credit union-owned Cooperative, announced today that three credit union CEOs were chosen by their peers to serve a three-year term on the CUSO’s Board of Directors, during elections held at the 2016 Annual Stockholders meeting held on Wednesday, June 22, 2016. Incumbents Linda Bodie, CEO of Element FCU in Charleston, West Virginia,…
CU*Answers, the 100% credit union-owned, data processing CUSO announced it hosted its monthly Tricks of the Trade webinar for the month of June. This month’s session reviewed some of the new exciting features in the data processor’s latest software upgrade. The 30-minute web session covered topics such as how to streamline the loan application process,…
As the risk of data breach and fraud looms large in the credit union industry, cybersecurity and resilience are becoming an increasing focus in the operations of credit unions and their core processing providers. In response to the FFIEC and examining body’s expectation for each credit union’s senior management team and board of directors to…
CU*Answers is celebrating another University Week! CU*Answers shows its commitment to ongoing client training by hosting University Weeks, which consist of a variety of web conferences and classroom courses condensed into a week-long period (Monday through Friday). The Spring University Week is in full swing, kicking off yesterday, April 11, with a web conference aimed…
Cooperative CUSO CU*Answers announced that during February It’s Me 247 Online Banking recorded over 4 million member logins from desktop devices, the highest single month volume in its history. Combined with logins from mobile devices, It’s Me 247 had a record 6.6 million logins during the month. CU*Answers has accelerated development of its online and…
CU*Answers Network Services (CNS) announced they would perform firewall configuration reviews for free for customers of their managed firewall service. The review is geared towards meeting increasing regulatory scrutiny of credit union cybersecurity and firewall management processes. During the interactive review session, an engineer will review specific firewall configurations with the client and highlight any…