SHREVEPORT, La.–ANECA Federal Credit Union here has become the 12th investor of the core data processing CUSO CU*South, Fairhope, Ala. ANECA FCU has won numerous awards for innovation, including CUNA’s 2015 Diamond Awards for Best Social Media, Best Digital Media, Diamond in the Rough Award and the Cutting Edge Award.
The credit union is led by Stephanie Sievers, who was recently elected to represent the credit unions of District 3A on CUNA’s Board of Directors. In May, 2015, ANECA FCU converted to the CU*BASE® core platform hosted by CU*South.
“The decision to invest in CU*South was made the minute we decided to convert to the software,” said Sievers. “When you choose to do business with someone, you are creating a partnership based on helping each other grow and thrive. We are more than users, we are stakeholders. By investing in CU*South we are making an investment in ourselves and all credit unions in the CU*South family. I would encourage everyone to become an owner and invest in their future.”
Separately, the CU*Answers Imaging Solutions team said it is making it easy for credit unions to leverage their imaging solution right from within the core processing platform, CU*BASE, with “Smart Links.” Included with the 15.2 CU*BASE release in October, smart links allow credit unions to configure buttons right in the core processing system to retrieve images wherever they may be. By adding quick access to images from daily workflow locations in the core, it creates a more convenient, efficient and streamlined process for staff, the company said.
In the spirit of friendly competition and getting the most of their CUSO investment, Frankenmuth Credit Union, Honor Credit Union and Verve, a Credit Union, challenged each other to see which credit union could implement the most Smart Links. Hearing of this, CU*Answers ramped up the competition by offering a cash prize of $2,500 to the winner. Imaging Solutions network partner, eDOC Innovations, chipped in an additional $500 to sweeten the pot.
In the end, Frankenmuth CU won the competition, having activated 77 smart link buttons in the core system. Although the two others fell just short, all three were winners by augmenting their staff’s workflow with more than 200 buttons linked to their individual imaging systems.