Arizona Federal Converting to Symitar Core

The $1.3 billion Phoenix credit union cites third-party integration, infrastructure in decision to change core processors.

By Marc Rapport | August 07, 2013 at 06:20 AM

The $1.3 billion Arizona Federal Credit Union in Phoenix is converting to the Symitar core processing system from Jack Henry & Associates, the company said.

The 152,500 Arizona Federal cited integration with third-party vendors and a flexible infrastructure in its decision, Missouri-based Jack Henry said in the announcement.

"Arizona Federal has a member-focused strategy that requires advanced technology and multiple integration points," Symitar President Ted Bilke said in the announcement.

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Arizona Federal currently runs on the DataSafe account processing platform from Fiserv Inc., according to the Technology Survey from Callahan & Associates.

Symitar currently claims more than 39% of the core processing market for credit unions of more than $1 billion in assets and said more than 750 credit unions overall are on its core platforms.

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