W.B. King

PSCU's Third Annual KnockOut started with some 30 teams comprised of 150 competitors from 11 credit unions. After an intense 24-hour bout, team Tech Attack's balance-transfer app solution was victorious.

With mobile and online banking adoption rates spiking, credit unions from Vancouver to Maine are championing branch designs with forward-looking concepts and technologies aimed at enhancing the member experience without losing the human touch.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Six semi-finalists have been selected in PSCU's 2014 KnockOut Innovation Summit.

LAS VEGAS — While nine hopefuls entered, five credit unions with innovative, forward-looking technology solutions were recognized with awards here during the 2014 CUNA Technology Council and Operations, Sales and Service Council Conference earlier this week.

LOS ANGELES — To better serve its growing millennial member base, USC Credit Union here has partnered with CU Campus Resources (CUCR) and its new private student loan program.

REDMOND, Wash. — With the EMV card conversion deadline next October, opportunities exist for credit unions to benefit from the process. This is the case here for Qualstar Credit Union, as well as others.

LAKEWOOD, Wash. — Harborstone Credit Union knew it had a lending problem.

TOLEDO, Ohio — Despite the challenges of being a small institution operating in a struggling market, Great Lakes Credit Union recently got some big tech kudos.

BETHPAGE, N.Y. — A couple of key fraud- fighting partnerships have helped Bethpage FCU save about $200,000 for its 250,000 members over just the last six months.

For the third year in a row, employees of various credit unions across the country spent 24 straight hours trying to come up with the next great financial technology offering.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — For the third year in a row, employees of various credit unions across the nation spent 24 straight hours brainstorming the next great financial technology offering.

FREDERICK, Md. — Although software as a service is a common phrase due to wide market adoption rates, technology as a service is another idiom that is catching on for similar reasons.

TAMPA, Fla. — Grow Financial Federal Credit Union wanted a technology tool that captures results and interest so it invested in teller capture solutions.

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — When credit union members need answers to questions these days, they want them easily and fast.

PLYMOUTH, Minn. — For many credit unions, selecting a new core provider is a cumbersome, tedious process that takes months and sometimes more than a year.

SAINT JOSEPH, Mich. — Four years after launching its business lending program here, United Federal Credit Union has realized an asset under management per underwriter increase of more than 100%.

MOLINE, Ill. — If time really is money, then IH Mississippi Valley CU had a lot to lose when paper documents were missing in action.

RYE, N.Y. — USAlliance Federal Credit Union has become the first North American financial institution to adopt the European in-branch Customer Relation Manager (CRM) kiosk solution, HappyOrNot.

RYE, N.Y. — USAlliance FCU has become the first North American financial institution to adopt the European in-branch Customer Relation Management (CRM) kiosk solution, HappyOrNot.

Small credit union is testing a tech-based solution to an old-world problem: busy branch lobbies.