Several financial technology organizations announced partnerships and alliances that could help credit unions looking for upgrades and changes in online bill payments, and endpoint protection and real-time mobile payment security.
The Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.-based CO-OP Financial Services and Salt Lake City, Utah-based CUSO CUProdigy announced a partnership to provide CO-OP's online bill payment solution to CUProdigy's core processing and cloud computing client credit unions.
"CUProdigy and CO-OP share a common commitment to bringing world-class solutions to credit unions," CUProdigy CEO Anthony W. Montgomery said. "The partnership will give our credit unions easy access to a true leader in bill payment at very aggressive price points."
With approximately 75% of payments now handled electronically, CO-OP and CUProdigy are looking to provide an alternative to credit union members for making online bill payments. Under the agreement, CUProdigy clients will be able to buy electronic bill pay services much less expensively through CO-OP than they could on their own or directly with other providers.
"We gravitated toward CUProdigy as a new business partner because we are looking for thoughtful ways to build awareness of our bill payment products and scale this business efficiently," CO-OP President/CEO Todd Clark said.
The Brookfield, Wis.-based Fiserv and CrowdStrike, which provides endpoint protection, announced an agreement to add CrowdStrike's SaaS-based endpoint protection technology to the multi-layered Sentry Cyber Security offerings from Fiserv. With CrowdStrike Falcon, Fiserv clients can help prevent, detect and respond to malicious cyberthreats in real-time, helping customers stop breaches.
"Cybersecurity needs can change in the blink of an eye, and our clients require security solutions that can keep them ahead of ever-evolving threats," Byron Vielehr, group president, depository institution services at Fiserv, said. "The addition of CrowdStrike Falcon to Sentry Cyber Security strengthens the comprehensive, layered protection that Fiserv provides to financial institutions to help provide peace of mind for their employees, regulators, and customers or members."
"Financial institutions remain a top target for cybercriminals," George Kurtz, co-founder and chief executive officer of CrowdStrike, said. "Working with Fiserv enables us to help address the demanding security needs of financial institutions in North America."
The Boston-based mobile device authentication and intelligence firm InAuth and Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Early Warning, which provides real-time payments, authentication and risk mitigation, also announced a strategic alliance to enhance the security of real-time payment services within the mobile channel by leveraging the advanced device intelligence capabilities of InAuth's InMobile solution.
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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.).
