MONTREAL, Quebec — NAFCU Services announced the winners of the 2015 Innovation Awards at NAFCU's Annual Conference and Solutions Expo here. The Innovation Awards is an annual competition recognizing “outstanding new solutions that help credit unions thrive in an increasingly saturated financial services market,” the organization said.
This year’s winners are Insuritas, MasterCard, and Q2.
“Our partners set a high standard for innovation geared toward driving credit union success” said Randy Salser, president of NAFCU Services in a statement. “This year’s winners provide innovative solutions that help credit unions stay competitive, while delivering exceptional member service.”
Here’s a look at each of the companies as highlighted by NAFCU Services:
Q2 –The Q2platform gives credit unions the ability to serve their members’ online and mobile banking needs via a single, secure virtual banking solution. While the Q2platform in and of itself is an innovation, perhaps the single most innovative attribute of the platform is its integrated, patent pending security component, RFA (Risk Fraud Analytics). By having a holistic view of end users’ activity, the behavioral profiling algorithms that undergird Q2’s RFA solution are able to build a comprehensive picture of a member’s virtual banking habits. This vital feature makes it far easier to detect anomalous behaviors that typically precede fraud and to stop suspect transactions in real-time—before any funds have been compromised.
MasterCard – The Identity Theft Resolution Benefit solution provides credit union members with the ability to monitor the “dark web” and receive tailored alerts about their personal information. Additionally, MasterCard offers free identity remediation services to members who are victims of identity theft. This service will provide more peace of mind to members and will help credit unions reduce cardholder attrition due to security concerns. MasterCard is the only payment network that provides a service like this to all U.S. cardholders.
Insuritas – EasySTREET is the first technology solution of its kind. It extracts data from a credit union’s core, its loan origination system, any credit union CRM or CIF platforms, and supplemental data from TransUnion or Lexis Nexis. It compiles a master auto or home insurance policy application on behalf of the member without ever bothering the member with questions. The technology then automatically solicits bids for auto and home insurance coverages from multiple insurance carriers in under 2 minutes. These prices are then compiled in a personalized email that is sent to the member. The member sees up to four bids from A-rated carriers, ranked by cost. For the first time, the credit union can actually do the insurance shopping for the member without ever bothering the member. For more information about Insuritas’ products and services, visit www.nafcu.org/Insuritas.