Credit Union Business Services (CUBS) a limited liability corporation owned by Alabama credit unions and the Alabama Credit Union League Service Corp., has partnered with PlatformOne, a provider of HR-BPO services, to provide specific technology infrastructure and administrative services to small businesses through its participating credit unions. According to CUBS, the primary objective of the agreement is to offer services beyond training, merchant processing, and lending financial services, and to add human resources outsourcing services such as payroll and benefits administration, and finance and accounting outsourcing services such as billing, receivables, and financial reporting.
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Synovus Financial demonstrated at an industry conference how it is using Microsoft's Copilot to help its staff address customers' concerns.
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