Technology providers announced new partnerships with credit unions on the first full day of Money 20/20 in Las Vegas.
Brookfield, Wis.-based financial technology solutions provider Fiserv, Inc. announced that multiple financial institutions, including $15-billion Tukwila, Wash.-based BECU, have committed to join Scottsdale, Ariz. Early Warning's Zelle Network through an alliance. Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.-based CO-OP Financial Services also announced a strategic partnership with Early Warning to offer credit unions access to the Zelle Network, a financial institution-led U.S. digital payments, which enables participating credit unions member to send money to anyone with a U.S. bank or credit union account.
"Our members turn to us for simple and relevant payment options," said Doug Marshall, SVP of retail at BECU, one of the nation's largest credit unions. "Almost a decade ago, BECU was one of the first financial institutions to provide person-to-person payments with Fiserv. We're looking forward to expanding on that relationship and providing a real-time payment solution through Zelle in the near future."
"The strong initial interest in working with Fiserv to access the Zelle network underscores the commitment financial institutions have to delivering a consistent, convenient person-to-person payments experience," said Kevin Schultz, president, Digital Banking, Fiserv.
RealPay by CO-OP already offers credit unions the ability to make person-to-person payments from one financial institution account to another. By offering access to Zelle, members will also gain the ability to make payments using only the recipient's email address or mobile number, which limits the sharing of sensitive bank account details like routing numbers.
"CO-OP is committed to offering the latest mobile and online payment services to its credit unions and making transactions as convenient and secure as possible for their members," said CO-OP Financial Services President/CEO Todd Clark. "Partnering with Early Warning greatly expands the ability of credit union members to make faster P2P payments."
Atlanta-based identity verification and fraud prevention firm IDology announced enhancements to the IDology Mobile Identity Spectrum's ID scanning solutions include incorporating a customer selfie into the ID document review process and increased opportunities to escalate suspicious identity credentials.
San Francisco-based DocuSign announced its latest platform innovation for those seeking to collect payments and signatures as part of the same agreement process: DocuSign Payments, slated for release early next year in partnership with international payment processor Stripe, and supported by Apple, Google and Authorize.net., is said to deliver an instant payment, and an error-free contract-to-payment process.
San Francisco-based outbound payments provider Hyperwallet, signed a deal with Universe, an event promotion platform and wholly owned subsidiary of Live Nation Entertainment Inc. Hyperwallet will conduct payouts to Universe's growing base of ticketing agents in over 75 countries, equipping the company with the financial infrastructure necessary to rapidly expand into additional global markets.
French company TagPay mobile digital banking platform allows banks to capitalize on mobile phone penetration in emerging countries no matter the telecom. The system allows all transactions to be made digitally, without having to revert to cash for payment.
Canadian based BioConnect Inc., and United Kingdom-based VoiceVault announced a partnership that will see VoiceVault's voice recognition software added to the BioConnect Identity Platform mobile solution.
New York City-based big data anomaly detection firm ThetaRay announced THETA, a newly advanced build of its analytics platform. THETA provides data-agnostic analytic capabilities without prior knowledge of business processes. It claims an extremely high detection rate, low error and false positive rates, and can be up and running in a matter of days.
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Roy Urrico
Roy W. Urrico specializes in articles about financial technology and services for Credit Union Times, as well as ghostwriting, copywriting, and case studies. Also: writer/editor of a semi-annual newsletter for Association for Financial Technology since 1997 and history projects funded by the U.S Interior Department, National Park Service and Warren County (N.Y.).
