ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Credit Union Network (MnCUN) has welcomed 23 participants into its Vendor Involvement Program (V.I.P.) for 2015. Designed to optimize business relationships with Minnesota's credit unions, V.I.P. combines advertising with exclusive benefits at MnCUN's major conferences, as well as speaking engagements and opportunities to participate in new MnCUN initiatives. New participants include: CUNA Mutual Group, Alloya Corporate, American Deposit Management Co., AmeriCU Mortgage, CliftonLarsonAllen, CO-OP Financial Services, CU Companies, CU Direct, DAYTA, Eckberg Lammers, Emergent Networks, First Class Mortgage, FIS, LockNet, LSC, LSS Financial Counseling, MarketPlace Home Mortgage, Minnesota CU Service Corp., Minnesota Housing, Minnesota Item Processing Corp., Murnane Brandt, and WIPFLi.
Meanwhile, CU*Answers reported that MEMBERS1st Community CU, Marshalltown, Iowa, has become the latest credit union to join the CUSO as an owner. representing nearly 19,000 members. MEMBERS1st Community Credit Union is scheduled to convert to the online CU*BASE® core processing system in April 2015, and represents the 128th CU*Answers credit union owner.
“With eight new owners added during the past twelve months, we are very excited by the growing number of credit unions who wish to actively participate in our organization, including having an equal voting privilege in helping set the future direction of their cooperative technology CUSO,” said CU*Answers VP Scott Page.