Who to See at NAFCU

Pentegra Retirement Services
Pentegra Retirement Services is a leading provider of retirement products and services to financial institutions nationwide. As a NAFCU Preferred Partner, Pentegra offers the benefit of over six decades of industry knowledge and insights in developing retirement plan solutions designed to attract, retain and reward the talent to ensure your credit union's success.

  • A comprehensive array of retirement plan solutions, including 401(k) plans, Defined Benefit Pension plans, 457(b) and 457(f) plans, Profit Sharing and Money Purchase plans, Cash Balance plans, and Executive Benefit and Director programs
  • An independent, unbiased structure that puts the best interests of your plan and participants first
  • A Board of Directors comprised of our clients—Presidents and CEOs of participating organizations—who use our products and services and trust their retirement future to Pentegra

To learn more, contact Tom McLaughlin, Regional Director at tmclaughlin@pentegra.com or 610-299-9944, or Greg Hagan at ghagan@pentegra.com or 214-725-4361 or visit us at www.pentegra.com.

iDashboards
iDashboards is an enterprise-class dashboard application that helps credit unions leverage information in real-time through visually rich, responsive and personalized business intelligence dashboards. Dashboards can help you consolidate your key performance indicators to monitor your financial and operational results such as profitability of products, services and channels. There is a strong payback when users can instantly access, analyze and drilldown through of a wealth of information for effective decision-making. As a credit union you may have many different software systems and data sources, each providing its own reporting. iDashboards brings all of these disparate data sources into a single business intelligence platform that improves monitoring and insight into all facets of operations. With implementation of iDashboards, Credit unions can better serve their members through improved operational efficiency and customer service. Visit www.iDahshboards.com/CU to learn more.

Credit Union Direct Lending
Since 1994, CU Direct has been the leading advocate for credit unions. We are credit union-owned. Credit union-focused. Through exceptional products and services at surprisingly affordable prices, we create exponential value for all credit unions. Our broad range of innovative lending solutions help make them more successful. Achieve greater sales efficiencies. Reach higher profits. And provide superior service. The end result? We empower credit unions to deliver better member experiences. There is no company that is more credit union-centric.

With CU Direct, you can enjoy the convenience of one-stop shopping for all your lending needs, or the flexibility of selecting only the lending solutions you desire. And that includes forward-thinking software. Back-office support. State-of-the-art systems. All built by credit union professionals, for building a more successful credit union. For more information, visit www.CUDirect.com

CUNA Mutual
CUNA Mutual Group insurance, retirement and investment products provide financial security and protection to credit unions and their members worldwide. With more than 75 years of true market commitment, CUNA Mutual's vision is unwavering: To be a trusted business partner who delivers service excellence through customer-focused products and market-driven insight.

Please visit us in booth #422 and learn how CUNA Mutual is working to build bridges to opportunity for your credit union and members.

CBSI Loyalty Solutions
CBSI Loyalty Solutions is a leading provider of customized loyalty solutions to over 100 financial institutions worldwide. Cbsi designs the most flexible and dynamic credit card, debit card and relationship reward solutions for our clients. Our solutions are designed to drive revenue, add value and increase transaction volume. These programs are supported by experienced and talented people, comprehensive technology solutions and a commitment to deliver what we promise.

PSCU Financial Services
PSCU Financial Services is the nation's largest Credit Union Service Organization (CUSO). Established in 1977, PSCU Financial Services provides a broad array of cost-effective, high quality financial services that include credit, debit, ATM, prepaid, online bill payment, online banking, mobile banking, member acquisition, lending, risk management, collections and contact center solutions. As a non-profit cooperative, PSCU Financial Services is owned by more than 680 member credit unions nationwide representing in excess of 16 million credit, debit, prepaid, electronic banking and online bill payment accounts. Our Contact Centers service over 18 million inquiries a year. For more information on our products and services, visit us at www.pscufs.com.

FSCC
FSCC is the nation's largest and most convenient credit union Shared Branching Network providing over 6,500 full service deposit-taking locations in all 50 states. FSCC's can be summed up in three words: Connectivity, Continuity, and Convenience. Dedication to all three of these values inspired FSCC to create the Collaborative Innovation Model, or CIMple, bringing to the table a full suite of electronic and personal member service tools. FSCC is also the innovator behind 24/7 shared branching at more than 2,200 7-Eleven® Vcom® units. FSCC credit unions represent $144.8 billion in total assets and 12.2 million members. Since 1999, FSCC has returned over $15.5 million to its members through patronage dividends, rebates and return of capital. For more information, please visit http://www.fscc.com or call Anthony at 888-372-2669 ext. 1236.

inLighten
inLighten provides digital signage systems including video walls, interactive video and video queuing systems; self-service kiosks, on-hold music-with-message and speech privacy systems. It serves more credit unions than any other provider, and its solutions are used in thousand of branches in the United States, Canada and abroad. inLighten's leadership has been built by delivering real-world results in improved member cross-sell and an enhanced service experience when members visit the branch. Credit unions receive unsurpassed value with products that are exceptionally reliable, feature-rich yet easy-to-use, highly scalable and supported by the most accessible team of service professionals in the industry.

NewGround
NewGround is a leading international design and implementation firm. For nearly a century, NewGround has been a premier provider of growth solutions, helping organizations advance by focusing on the design and delivery of customer and employee experiences. NewGround provides strategic solutions through the integration of their core offerings, which include: Brand, Consult, Design, Build, Retail and Culture.

The company's headquarters are in St. Louis, MO, and corporate office in Chicago, IL; with principal offices in San Francisco, CA; Atlanta, GA; Portsmouth, NH, Cincinnati, OH and Toronto, Canada. To learn more about NewGround, call 888.613.0001, or visit www.newground.com.

Executive Compensation Solutions
Executive Compensation Solutions (ECS) is a client-focused consulting firm that brings innovative thinking to corporate compensation and benefits with a special focus on executive issues in the credit union movement.  Our staff has a broad depth and range of experience that allows us to work with credit unions to provide a comprehensive approach to the credit union challenge of attracting, retaining and rewarding key value creators while aligning the goals of the credit union and its membership. 

Our unique strength is our ability to creatively strategize to create customized solutions that meet the distinct challenges of each client.  We work in concert with our clients to create a compensation and benefit philosophy and practice that align the needs of the credit union, the executive, and the members.  In addition, ECS clients appreciate the proactive work that ECS provides in the legal, regulatory, accounting, and corporate tax environments. 

Appraisal Firewall
Appraisal Firewall is the leading online technology solution to help streamline your mortgage department’s appraisal process.  We enable you to work with your trusted local appraisers to place residential and commercial appraisal orders while adding efficiency to your appraisal process.  Appraisal Firewall increases the speed of Production and Underwriting and ensures you comply with all appraisal regulations , including the Dodd-Frank appraisal rules.

Appraisal Firewall is not an Appraisal Management Company (AMC). You work directly with your appraisers to make your processes more efficient and cost-effective while supporting businesses in your community. Learn more at www.AppraisalFirewall.com

CO-OP Financial Services
CO-OP Financial Services is the industry leader in access and convenience products for credit unions. With 30 years of credit union service, CO-OP connects credit union members to their accounts through network services, payment processing, e-commerce, CO-OP Shared Branching and call center services. A total of 3,000 credit unions, 30 million cardholders, 28,000 surcharge-free ATMs, 4,000 shared branch locations and 160 million-plus monthly transactions make CO-OP Financial Services the nation's largest credit union service organization—offering resources that enable deeper member engagement to help credit unions prosper.

For more information, contact us at 800-782-9042 at ext. 7140 or send an email to sales@co-opfs.org

Cummins-Allison
Cummins-Allison provides a complete line of high-performance currency and coin handling equipment, including desktop currency scanners; high-volume currency sorters; unattended coin redemption kiosks; and coin counters and sorters. As the only U.S. owned and operated manufacturer in the money-processing industry, we are leaders in groundbreaking technological solutions which bring greater efficiencies to our customers. Cummins-Allison invests more than twice the industry average in R&D and currently holds more than 350 U.S. patents.

We offer a comprehensive line of self-service coin kiosks which create face-to-face selling opportunities to expand commercial and personal member relationships. Creating opportunities for greater efficiency, kiosks also interface with the Symitar network for direct deposit.  Visit cumminsallison.com/ssc2

Our latest breakthrough technology, the JetScan iFX platform, provides the ability to process currency, checks and other documents on one machine in a single pass, bringing significant process and cost improvements to credit unions of all sizes. Visit cumminsallison.com/iFX

Corporate One
Corporate One Federal Credit Union is a leading wholesale financial services provider to nearly 800 of America’s credit unions. With $4.9 billion in assets under management, Corporate One offers correspondent services including ATM/debit cards, share draft imaging, and depository and electronic payment services as well as investment solutions to credit unions across the United States. Corporate One also developed and manages Alliance One, one of the nation’s largest non-network-specific ATM selective-surcharging groups. For more information, visit www.corporateone.coop.

Symitar
Symitar is the recognized technology leader. Combining robust, proven core processing systems with a full range of complementary solutions, we're able to meet the technology needs of even the largest credit unions.

Symitar boasts some of today's most progressive, growth-oriented credit unions. We continue to push forward with the development of both core and complementary solutions, ensuring that our clients have the technology products and services they need, when they need them.

For nearly a decade, Symitar's Episys® platform has outpaced all other major core platforms combined in terms of net new credit union customer acquisition.

At greater than 99 percent, we also have the highest retention rate of any major processor. Many CEOs are repeat customers, choosing Symitar again and again as they move from one credit union to the next. These CEOs recognize the value of partnering with the technology leader.

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