SYRACUSE, N.Y.– Syracuse Fire Department Employees FCU has become the 1,000th financial institution to offer Zelle, the P2P solution from Fiserv, to its members/customers.
“Our members have jobs that are anything but 9 to 5 and need to be able to send money quickly and easily, at the time and place that is most convenient for them,” said Andrea Thune, CEO of SFDEFCU. “Zelle lets them send money right from their credit union accounts, with delivery to the recipient usually complete in just minutes.”
Fiserv noted money sent with Zelle goes directly from one bank account in the U.S. to another, using only a recipient’s email address or U.S. mobile number. Funds are typically available within minutes when both parties are already enrolled with Zelle, the company added.
“Zelle turned four years in June, and what better way to celebrate than welcoming our 1,000th financial institution to the network,” said Al Ko, CEO of Early Warning Services, LLC, the network operator of Zelle. “For more than 70 years, Syracuse Fire Department Employees Federal Credit Union has served local first responders with financial services, and it is an honor for Zelle to now be a part of that experience.”
Syracuse Fire Department EFCU is offering Zelle via Turnkey Service for Zelle® from Fiserv, which the company said optimizes the path to go live so that banks and credit unions can get their customers and members using Zelle faster than ever before.