CHICAGO Alliant CU is one of the first financial institutions to incorporate Google’s “Save to Drive,” which it said enables members of the $8-billion credit union to save their account statements, tax forms and other credit union records directly to a secure location on Google Drive with the click of a single button.
The technology, which was developed with assistance from Business Data, Inc. (BDI), Alliant’s provider for eStatements and eTaxes, reportedly gives Alliant’s online banking users a one-step method to safely and securely archive their Alliant account statements and tax forms to their Google Drive folder. Google said this eliminates the steps needed to download the item to their hard drive and then save the file to a backup drive. Once Alliant members save their information to Google Drive, it is accessible from wherever they are, on whatever Internet-connected device they are using. And if they want to allow a spouse or other family member to access the file, members can easily share any file on their drive with anyone they choose, the company said.
"Our members will appreciate the simplicity of being able to save their Alliant files to Google Drive with a single click of a button,” said George Rudolph, senior vice president of operations & technology for the one-time United Airlines employees’ credit union. “Another advantage for our members is that Google Drive technology enables members who are traveling to access their files from anywhere, even if they don’t bring their laptop with them on a trip.”
BDI said it utilized the Google Software Development Kit to create this simple, one-click Save to Drive process.
