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As credit unions strive to enhance member experiences and streamline operations, fintech partnerships have become a key strategy for modernization.
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By collaborating with fintech companies, credit unions can leverage cutting-edge technology to improve digital banking, automate lending, enhance fraud detection and offer personalized financial services.
But, the bigger question is this: What fintechs are credit unions investing in and partnering with, and why?
One of the biggest advantages of these partnerships is agility — fintech solutions enable credit unions to quickly adopt innovations like AI-powered chatbots, real-time payments and open banking APIs without undergoing costly core system overhauls. Additionally, fintech partnerships help credit unions remain competitive by providing digital-first services that younger, tech-savvy members expect.
However, integrating fintech solutions comes with challenges. Credit unions must ensure regulatory compliance, data security and seamless core system integration when adopting new technologies. Fintechs that prioritize these concerns and offer scalable, cost-effective solutions tend to be the best partners for credit unions.
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Michael Ogden
Editor-in-Chief at CU Times. To connect, email at [email protected]. As Editor-in-Chief of CU Times since 2016, Michael Ogden has led the editorial team in all aspects of content strategy and execution, including the creation of the publication’s exclusive and proprietary research database of the credit union industry’s economic landscape. Under Michael’s leadership, CU Times has successfully shifted to an all-digital editorial product with new focuses on the payments, fraud, lending and regulatory beats. Most recently, he introduced a data-focused editorial product for subscribers that breaks down credit union issues into hard data, allowing for a deeper and more factual narrative for readers. In 2024, he launched the "Shared Accounts With CU Times" podcast, which offers a fresh, inside-the-newsroom perspective through interviews with leaders from the credit union industry and the regulatory world. He dives into pressing credit union issues, while revealing the personalities working behind-the-scenes to push the credit union world forward. His background includes years as a radio and TV anchor/reporter and a public relations and digital/social media manager, where he covered the food and music industries, as well as cooperatives and credit unions. Over the years, he has launched numerous exclusive video and podcast series, including a successful series of interactive backstage interviews with musicians at music festivals, showcasing his social media and live streaming production skills.
