Tagged: credit unions

June 15, 2022 @ 11:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

​Co-op Solutions and Constellation Digital Partners recently announced that the two credit union service organizations have established a task force of mutual customers to speed up the integration of Co-op digital apps into Constellation’s online and mobile banking platform. Gail Tofil, VP, Strategic Business Development,… Read More

May 25, 2022 @ 12:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a UK Credit Union “first,” Optimus Cards, the UK’s provider of white label card and banking solutions for traditional and new forms of currency, has introduces a flexible and “responsible” Credit Card product to Credit Unions at the Annual ABCUL conference. As mentioned in… Read More

May 15, 2022 @ 2:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

AKUVO, a technology-based organization focused on credit risk and delinquency management, recently announced a round of funding from three credit unions. The investments made by VyStar Credit Union, BCU and Reseda Group, a wholly-owned CUSO of MSU Federal Credit Union, will be channeled towards further… Read More

April 28, 2022 @ 2:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ:JKHY) announced that North Jersey Federal Credit Union (NJFCU) selected Symitar in order “to host its core in the Jack Henry private cloud and help enable its new technology strategy.” One of the key drivers of the core conversion was… Read More

April 6, 2022 @ 6:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE: DBD), an international firm focused on driving connected commerce for the financial and retail industries, has announced that it will “operate and manage the entire self-service banking channel for Langley Federal Credit Union (FCU).” The credit union will implement “the full suite… Read More

November 30, 2021 @ 3:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CuneXus, which claims to be the first digital storefront for financial institutions’ account holders, has announced a real-time, credit monitoring tool that’s available for financial institutions and end-users who may be embedded within the CuneXus storefront. The solution provides financial institutions the ability to show… Read More

November 18, 2021 @ 12:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global AI-enhanced credit decision platform provider, Scienaptic AI reveals that Tower Federal Credit Union has chosen its AI-enabled platform. The implementation should equip the credit union with improved underwriting capabilities in order to “make stronger, faster credit decisions and strengthen financial options for its members.”… Read More

October 20, 2021 @ 11:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Constellation Digital Partners have introduced a digital service for Farmers Insurance Federal Credit Union (FIGFCU) on the Constellation platform. This launch reportedly includes support for member enrollment and authentication, with Android and iOS application support. The digital service FIGFCU comes with a location finder from… Read More

October 12, 2021 @ 12:47 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Loan approval rates at many banks inched upward in September, data from Biz2Credit’s monthly Small Business Lending Index shows. Biz2Credit analyzed loan requests from companies that have been in business for more than two years and who have credit scores greater than 680. The results… Read More

October 11, 2021 @ 7:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Silicon Valley-headquartered Mbanq, a Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider that claims to be one of the fastest-growing Fintech firms, has entered into an agreement with Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the Open Cloud banking firm, in order to introduce an innovative Credit-Union-as-a Service (CUaaS) offering, and to “accelerate BaaS… Read More

September 17, 2021 @ 10:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MX and Mahalo Technologies have announced a new partnership. Through their partnership, the companies will aim to provide financial data solutions, insights and actionable tools to credit unions. They will also focus on supporting members to become financially independent. MX, which is the financial data… Read More

August 24, 2021 @ 10:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global AI-enhanced credit decision platform provider, Scienaptic AI, has revealed that Cooperative Teachers Credit Union (CTCU) has chosen its AI-based platform, allowing the credit union to make “stronger, faster” credit decisions and provide improved financial options for its members. As noted by Scienaptic AI‘s developers:… Read More

July 16, 2021 @ 7:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Aptys Solutions, an established provider of Cloud-powered, end-to-end, virtual payment services to more than 4,500 financial institutions (including quicker payments, mobile P2P, wire, ACH, and inclearing), reveals that Alloya Corporate Federal Credit Union, a major corporate credit union serving 1,400+ credit unions, has converted to… Read More

April 20, 2021 @ 3:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  MANTL, a U.S.-based digital account opening solution for banks and credit unions, announced on Tuesday it raised $40 million through its Series B funding round, which was led by Alphabet’s independent growth fund, CapitalG, with participation from D1 Capital Partners, BoxGroup and existing investors Point72… Read More

July 22, 2020 @ 3:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

FintechAccel | CU is accepting applications for its second cohort of Fintech startups. FintechAccel | CU is US credit union industry’s innovation platform. Launched last year, FintechAccel | CU is said to have experienced “outstanding success” in its inaugural year. FintechAccel | CU’s innovation platform… Read More

July 18, 2020 @ 7:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Gina DeCorla, a Senior Analyst for the Boston-based Informa Financial Intelligence, a company that helps financial institutions make informed decisions and take decisive action, has argued that credit unions do not need to partner with Fintech firms in order to survive. DeCorla notes that the… Read More

May 14, 2020 @ 7:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Community banks and credit unions have been finding it difficult to keep their platforms updated with the latest innovations because of limited capacity, lack of industry skills and expertise, and relatively small budgets. Due to these limitations, small lenders have been working with Fintech firms,… Read More

April 10, 2020 @ 4:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Small business funding platform Biz2Credit announced on Friday its Biz2X platform is now being offered free of charge to banks and credit unions with assets under $10 billion that are offering CARES Act Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. As previously reported, the Biz2X platform enables… Read More

March 30, 2020 @ 4:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Small business funding platform Biz2Credit announced on Monday the launch of Biz2X Accelerate SBA, a platform that enables banks and other financial institutions to efficiently respond to the influx of loan requests from small businesses seeking to take advantage of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)… Read More

March 24, 2020 @ 3:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

Citi is the most recent traditional bank to tell customers that some branches are closed due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Citi operates over 4600 branches around the country.  A report in Bloomberg today laid the blame at the drop in foot traffic to the bank… Read More