Core conversions

The $870 million credit union made the move as part of its "member-centric technology strategy."

The credit union will now be able to implement picture pay, enhanced mobile banking and other features.

New clients will use vendor’s KeyStone core processing system.

One of the credit unions -- the $93 million Southwest Oklahoma FCU -- is returning to Fiserv after a 10-year hiatus.

The conversion, scheduled for Q1 2018, will allow the CUSO to expand into the Tampa area.

Both credit unions are located in the upper Midwest near Lake Superior.

More than a dozen credit unions have converted to Fiserv's services this year.

PSECU, based in the capital of the Keystone State, is set to convert to Corelation's KeyStone platform.

Pennsylvania CU is switching to new vendor because of system’s open architecture.

Readers this week highlighted the need for banks to upgrade payments systems, debated a small bank’s decision to ditch its legacy core vendor, lamented populist initiatives of the GSEs, and more.

With a new core system, Surety Bank plans to connect with customers outside of its geographic market.

The Everett, Wash.-based credit union said it expects to see substantial savings as a result of the conversion.

The $23 million-asset credit union has also extended an existing partnerhsip with Fiserv for credit and debit processing, and more.

The Dallas-based credit union celebrated its 50th anniversary with a core conversion -- the vendor's 50th such project.

Executives are often loathe to change their core systems because of how painful the process is, but it could be preventing them from offering key products and services.

Core conversions are widely considered to be cumbersome, but experts offered an array of tips on how to ease the process.

Credit union will switch core processors in October, becoming the 21st Share One client in California.

In addition to renewing its agreement for core processing, the $258 million-asset credit union also re-upped with other Synergent products.

The Virginia-based credit union will also implement a variety of Symitar platforms for business inteligence, analytics and more.

The Bellingham, Wash.-based credit union is the ninth $1 billion-plus CU to switch to Fiserv's DNA platform in the past six months.