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Recovery in Card Usage Gathers Steam Among Credit-Union Members

May 18 2020

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• Cards
• Credit unions

“Even though credit card spending is still depressed as a result of the Covid-19 economic downturn, payment card volume trends have now been improving for a month or more, according to new data from credit-union service organization PSCU. St. Petersburg, Fla.-based PSCU reported Monday that overall credit card spending by members of its credit-union clients […]

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How Credit Unions Outgrew Their Down-Home Reputation

December 2 2019

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• Credit unions
• Financial institutions

“Credit unions, long seen as a humdrum corner of consumer finance, are going toe-to-toe with the biggest financial institutions. Credit unions’ assets have grown at nearly twice the pace of banks’ over the past decade, and the cooperatives are buying small banks in record numbers. One recently partnered with Google on its plans to create […]

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Small Banks Rebel Against the Most Important Tech Firms You Have Never Heard Of

April 11 2019

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• Banks
• Credit unions
• Processors

“Lead Bank, a community lender in Kansas City, Mo., wanted to offer the payments app Zelle to its customers. But it had a problem. A company called Fiserv Inc. which provides much of the bank’s underlying technology, said Lead wouldn’t be able to launch Zelle until June at the earliest. Big U.S. banks rolled out […]

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10 Charts On Credit Union Lending

April 5 2019

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• Credit unions

“The shifting economic landscape over the past 10 years has changed the way financial institutions operate and interact with consumers. As banks and mortgage lenders pulled back following the crash, credit unions stepped in and increased lending when members needed it most. In the 10 years following the recession, the credit union industry has grown […]

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Kasasa Partners With CU Strategic Planning to Help Credit Unions Better Serve the Underbanked

January 13 2021

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• Credit unions

“Kasasa®, an award-winning financial technology and marketing provider, and Credit Union Strategic Planning , a provider of business planning services for credit unions with a focus on community development, are partnering to boost consumer outcomes for Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) serving the unbanked and underbanked.”

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REPAY Announces Partnership with CU*Answers to Integrate Card Processing for Credit Unions

August 31 2020

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• Credit unions

“Repay Holdings Corporation, a leading provider of vertically-integrated payment solutions, today announced its partnership with CU*Answers, the 100% credit union-owned, data processing Credit Union Service Organization (CUSO). As an integrated partner, REPAY will enable U.S.-based credit unions utilizing CU*Answers’ CU*BASE platform with the ability to streamline processing efficiencies by securely accepting ACH and card processing […]

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Tracking Transaction Trends

July 20 2020

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• Credit unions

“PSCU, the nation’s premier payments credit union service organization, has updated its weekly transaction analysis from its Owner credit union members on a same-store basis to identify the impact of COVID-19 on consumer spending and shopping trends. To provide relevant updates on market performance, experts from PSCU’s Advisors Plus and Data & Analytics teams today […]

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Deals

PSCU Completes Acquisition of Primax

July 2 2020

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• Credit unions

“PSCU, the nation’s premier payments credit union service organization (CUSO), today announced that it has completed the acquisition of the Primax business from T.K. Keith Company, Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Based in Wakefield, Mass., Primax has been designing and providing support services for payment card programs for credit unions and community […]

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Redstone Federal Credit Union Taps Fiserv for P2P Payments

May 21 2020

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• Credit unions
• Faster payments
• P2P

“Turnkey Service for Zelle will enable P2P payments for Redstone members. This solution streamlines the onboarding process for financial institutions, helping to reduce costs and accelerate time-to-market for Zelle, which gives members a fast, safe and easy way to send money to and receive money from those they know and trust. In addition, Redstone is adding […]

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Deals

IBM Canada and Prairie Credit Unions Team up for Digital Transformation and Payments Modernization on IBM Public Cloud

May 12 2020

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• Credit unions
• Enterprise software

“A new Prairie Payments Joint Venture (PPJV) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) have signed an 8-year, multi-million dollar agreement to digitally transform and modernize credit union payment services in Canada. This marks the largest agreement of its kind in Canada for the credit union system. The new joint venture between the Credit Union Centrals of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba collectively represent more than 75 […]