It was late January when the Brookfield, Wis.-based Fiserv rocked the core system universe, announcing it had acquired competitor and DNA core architect Open Solutions for roughly $1 billion, much of that in debt assumption.

Then Fiserv dropped another bomb, saying it was killing off its Acumen core. The product had been billed as a breakthrough, but it mainly triggered acrimony and disappointments—as well as some litigation—involving the handful of early adopting credit unions.

Nine months later, experts are quick with opinions about how well Fiserv handled the Acumen failure and its transitioning of DNA into its portfolio.

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