Pick Your Provider: Why Some Shops Choose Credit Union-Only Core Processors
Industry leaders share their core conversion stories to credit union-only vendors, citing cost, efficiency, and support as key factors for the switch.
Industry leaders share their core conversion stories to credit union-only vendors, citing cost, efficiency, and support as key factors for the switch.
Switching to a core provider that serves credit unions and beyond? Two leaders offer the advice they’d have given themselves if they had to do it all over again.
After more than four decades on the same system, Yolo FCU levels up to accommodate a massive field-of-membership expansion.
Competition is lively among the ranks of leading core processing platform providers.
Vendors break down the problems they solve and highlight what makes them stand out in a crowded industry.
Recently implemented and upcoming ACH Network rules impact compliance for all financial institutions including credit unions. Staying on top of ACH compliance in 2023 is important for all ACH participants processing debits and credits.
A data protection service is key to safeguard members’ personal information.
The Kansas City credit union had separate systems for personal and business banking but expects to gain efficiencies by combining the two systems into one.
Callahan’s annual core processors market share guide offers who’s who and what’s up among providers of the most critical of technology infrastructure.
The big three hold roughly half of the industry’s market share, but some smaller players are making gains.

A look at year-end performance trends reveals how earnings, affordability pressures, and asset quality are redefining the operating environment heading into 2026.

Members are struggling with an affordability crisis that is changing how they manage debt, and new behaviors are showing up across the credit union loan portfolio.

This year’s Innovation Series returns with bigger impact and broader horizons. Since 2018, this annual showcase has spotlighted forward-thinking solutions by giving innovators a stage to share ideas, demonstrate solutions, and spark meaningful change.
Credit union asset quality didn’t collapse in 2025 — but it didn’t cooperate, either. What’s going on, and are credit unions prepared to respond in 2026?

This year’s Innovation Series returns with bigger impact and broader horizons. Since 2018, this annual showcase has spotlighted forward-thinking solutions by giving innovators a stage to share ideas, demonstrate solutions, and spark meaningful change.

This year’s Innovation Series returns with bigger impact and broader horizons. Since 2018, this annual showcase has spotlighted forward-thinking solutions by giving innovators a stage to share ideas, demonstrate solutions, and spark meaningful change.
The affordability crisis extends far beyond big-ticket expenses. As the rising cost of basic necessities outpaces income growth, household budgets are under strain and long-term financial stability is increasingly at risk.
As credit unions move deeper into 2026, the earnings conversation is shifting. Elevated interest rates have boosted margins and strengthened earnings flexibility, but that advantage won’t persist indefinitely.
A radical shift is taking place in the way consumers move money and engage with their financial institution.

How the Michigan-based cooperative’s “Culture of Finance” curriculum is reframing financial education.