Shared Financial Solutions Signs Partnership Agreement With Co Op Financial Serivces
SHARED FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS SIGNS PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH CO-OP FINANCIAL SERIVCES
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. (June 18, 2014) - CO-OP Financial Services has reached its first partnership agreement with Shared Financial Solutions, in which the service corporation of the Kansas Credit Union Association will exclusively promote CO-OP ATM and CO-OP Shared Branch to its member credit unions.
"We are partnering with CO-OP because we wanted to provide a way for our Kansas credit unions to give their members more access points," said Marla Marsh, President/CEO of KCUA.
"Only about one-third of Kansas credit unions participate in CO-OP's surcharge-free ATM and shared branching networks," said Marsh. "The more credit unions participating, the more member access is opened in Kansas and nationwide, which is mandatory today to compete successfully. Many credit union members feel they need to close their account if they move away from Kansas. With CO-OP's nationwide access and large number of outlets, they don't have to!"
"It's great to have KCUA as our partner in Kansas for CO-OP ATM and CO-OP Shared Branch," said Stan Hollen, President/CEO of CO-OP. "We believe we can play a key role in helping KCUA fulfill its mission to support the credit union cooperative system and generate healthy growth strategies for credit unions in The Sunflower State."
CO-OP ATM and CO-OP Shared Branch are the best known consumer brands in the credit union industry. CO-OP ATM is a nationwide-network of 30,000 ATMs, 9,000 of which are deposit-taking, available surcharge-free to the members of participating credit unions. It is the nation's largest credit union-only network of ATMs. CO-OP Shared Branch is the only financial institution network with branches in all 50 states, with 5,000 "live-teller" branches. A locator for both ATMs and shared branches is available at www.allco-op.org.
The KCUA (www.kcua.coop) was established in 1934 and is based in Wichita. Both the association and Shared Financial Solutions can be reached at (800) 362-2076 or info@kcua.coop.
For more information, visit www.co-opfs.org.
About CO-OP Financial Services
Based in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., and founded in 1981, CO-OP
Financial Services is the nation's largest credit union service
organization in terms of number of credit unions, assets and
members. The company helps credit unions thrive by providing
products and services that make it more convenient for members to
do business with them. With a motto of "Be There. Be More," CO-OP's
products fall into three business lines, including "Locations,"
(ATM, shared branching and call center services); "Card Payments"
(debit and credit processing) and "Mobile/Virtual" (mobile, online,
check imaging, bill pay services). To learn more visit www.co-opfs.org.
