Today marked the completion of a major technology upgrade at the CU*Answers 44th Street Production Center in Kentwood, Michigan. The Grand Rapids-based CUSO migrated its primary production system overnight to a new server, an IBM i POWER 7 model 770s and migrated to a new IBM operating system in the process (IBM OS 7.1). The…
CU*Answers, a 100% credit union-owned Cooperative, announced today that two credit union CEOs had been elected by their peers to serve a three-year term on the CUSO’s Board of Directors. Jeff Jorgensen (incumbent), CEO of Sioux Empire Federal CU in Sioux Falls, South Dakota; and Linda Bodie, CEO of Element Federal Credit Union in Charleston,…
Grand Rapids, Michigan – June 18th, 2013 The Board of Directors of Xtend, Inc., the Grand Rapids, Michigan-based CUSO, announced that it has approved its 71st equal owner – Hastings, Michigan-based Thornapple Valley Community Credit Union (www.tvccu.com; 4,477 members; $17.3M assets). Xtend Board Chairman Steve Searfoss (AAA Federal Credit Union, South Bend, Indiana) announced the…
Xtend, Inc., the Grand Rapids, Michigan-based multi-owned cooperative CUSO, recently added a new Business Development Manager to its leadership team to help support its growing client base and lead expansion efforts for its shared resources brands. Elizabeth (Liz) Winninger joined the CUSO in early June to lead the business support team. Scott Collins, Xtend President…
On June 18th, Xtend, Inc., the Grand Rapids, Michigan-based multi-owned cooperative CUSO, announced the release of a free shared branching mobile application for smart phones. Members of the ninety-two (92) credit unions participating in the Xtend shared branching network can use this new application to find the location of the nearest branch on their mobile…
Xtend, Inc., the Grand Rapids, Michigan-based multi-owned cooperative CUSO, announced today that three Directors had been re-elected by their peers to serve a new three-year Board term. The three Directors are: Glenn Kretchmer, COO at ATL Federal Credit Union (Wyoming, Michigan), Mark Richter, CEO at First United Federal Credit Union (Grandville, Michigan), and Kim Wilson,…
Xtend, Inc., the Grand Rapids, Michigan-based multi-owned cooperative CUSO, hosted its tenth annual Stockholder Meeting at the J.W. Marriott Hotel in downtown Grand Rapids. The event was attended by nearly one hundred credit union professionals, and according to CUSO sources was the largest event that Xtend has ever hosted. Xtend Board Chairman Steve Searfoss from…
CU*Answers, the 100% credit union-owned cooperative CUSO, announced at its 2013 Leadership Conference the winners of its 6th Annual Video contests for Best Video Idea, Best 30 Second Spot Idea, and Best Completed Video. The winning contributors, all employees of credit unions on the CU*BASE® core processing platform, each won $1,500 for their credit union.…
CU*Answers announced today that this weekend they will be installing a new IBM i unit for their Grand Rapids service bureau. A similar unit will be installed at the high availability site in Muskegon during July. “These new systems have elastic capabilities that allow us to increase capacity on-demand as we expand our online community,…
CU*Answers, the West Michigan-based core data processor, announced that it has completed implementation of CU*BASE® GOLD Automated Operations Toolkit for Fox Communities Credit Union (Appleton, WI). Fox Communties Credit Union is the fourth self-processing partner to adopt the automation toolkit since its recent release in late 2012. “The Automated Operations Toolkit has proven to be…