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.

Arriba Advisors co-founder Tom Russell explores how credit unions can bridge the gap between a growth mindset and their technical reality.

RKL offers insight, expertise, and experience to help fight off growing threats.

Members are anxious about their financial futures, even as credit unions remain financially strong. Institutions that respond to this moment can make 2026 a turning point.

Global events are flowing directly into household budgets, reshaping how credit union members save, borrow, and cope. Such trends don’t always show up in headline data.

Credit unions are benefiting from a rare margin advantage as loans reprice slower than deposits. The question now is how institutions will use that strength to better serve members.

Membership growth is slowing, but financial activity is not. What does the modern financial relationship look like?

Inflation, war, and uncertain futures have reshaped members’ needs in 2026. What does credit union performance data from the first quarter of 2026 say about household budgets, inflation pressures, and more?

Look beyond the headlines to better understand what is driving current market trends and how they could impact credit union investment portfolios.

Today’s job market is shaped by skills based expectations, with employers slowing entry level hiring and placing greater emphasis on applied experience.

St. Cloud Financial is betting on digital assets to protect member relationships and future relevance. It’s picked up lessons for other leaders along the way.