Credit Unions have been looking for ways to measure the return on social media for years. Four Wisconsin-based credit unions (Heritage CU, Fort Community CU, Prime Financial CU, and Superior Choice CU) have turned to the experts at Chatter Yak!, a marketing and advertising CUSO, to help them improve their social media efforts and prove…
CU*Answers, the 100% owned cooperative CUSO, is providing warm hospitality during the winter months. CU*Answers has meeting rooms available to be used that are accompanied by a staff that is willing to cater to their client’s needs. This includes catering, technology assistance, and execution of the day’s events. In the month of January, the CUSO…
Learning about societal issues like poverty and homelessness is an essential part of a sound financial education. This is the belief of the Next Gen Outreach group at CitizensFirst Credit Union, which put on a poverty simulation at a local high school last month. Next Gen Outreach is a franchise offered by Chatter Yak! LLC,…
The northeast Wisconsin-based CUSO, Chatter Yak!, launched a balance transfer campaign at a Michigan credit union this month with notable success. Specializing in social media and online marketing, Chatter Yak! channeled pop culture in its campaign, which uses advertising inspired by Disney’s recent animated film, Frozen. Launched with Alpena Alcona Area Credit Union (AAACU), the…
CU*Answers schedules hundreds of training sessions throughout the year, many of them announced in their annual Education Catalog, others by client request, but the most popular at the moment may be via their Education Express program. “My experience has shown that the incentive to learn is at its peak when a topic is current, critical,…
The West-Michigan based cooperative CUSO, CU*Answers, is pleased to announce that one of their Client Services and Education team members has taken a position on the CU*Answers Quality Control team. “The Client Services and Education team is a great place for an individual to begin their career at CU*Answers,” stated Laura Welch-Vilker, VP of the…
CU*Answers, a 100% credit union-owned CUSO, recently held its 3rd annual corporate “Continuity Awareness Day” as part of their business continuity awareness and training program to help demonstrate the commitment at all levels for emergency response and recovery planning. “A strong business continuity program requires building resilience in three key categories: People, Processes and Technology.…
As CU*Answers, a 100% credit union-owned core data processor, looks forward to an exciting year of software enhancements in 2015, it has also revealed what it considers to be the top twelve enhancements of 2014 for its CU*BASE® core platform and related credit union products. Top among the list was the File Expansion Project, a…
Payveris™, a next generation online and mobile digital payments company, and West Michigan-based credit union-owned cooperative, CU*Answers, have announced a working partnership to provide a fully integrated online banking and payments experience to their client credit unions and their members. Payveris offers a full range of bill payment, money movement and interbank transfer solutions which…
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – October 28, 2014 CU*Answers, a 100% credit union-owned cooperative CUSO, announced the results of their annual reorganization board meeting held last week. Board Member positions will remain the same for 2015, with Chris Butler, CEO of Community Credit Union, La Crosse, Wisconsin as Chair; Scott McFarland, CEO of Honor Credit Union,…