Prospera Credit Union, located in Appleton, Wisconsin, joins eDOC Innovations as one of the most recent adopters of eDOCSignature®. The e-signature product empowers Prospera Credit Union members to sign documents anytime, anywhere, from any of their mobile devices. Serving almost twenty thousand members, Prospera welcomes the increased functionality and convenience eDOCSignature brings to the member experience.

“The adoption of eDOCSignature is part of our strategic plan to find products that offer a lot of feature sets,” said Lori Parker, IT manager at Prospera. “We like that eDOSignature allows us the ability to offer our members an even more convenient experience by giving them the opportunity to bank wherever, and whenever they would like. For us, it’s not just about the product, it’s about the benefits the product provides to our members.”

Prospera is the 20^th credit union to implement eDOCSignature during the 2018 calendar year. “We are excited to see so many new credit unions implementing eDOCSignature,” stated Jake McMahon, manager of market engagement at eDOC Innovations. “We have designed this product offering specifically with credit unions and their members in mind and as an affirmation of our commitment to the cooperative movement.”

About eDOC Innovations, Inc.

eDOC Innovations is the nationwide leader in mobile enterprise digital transaction management and e-commerce software for credit unions. For more than 20 years eDOC Innovations has been designing solutions to reduce overhead, increase operational efficiency and provide convenience to members. eDOC Innovations’ products include solutions for remote mobile and in-branch closings, mobile e-signature processing, digital asset lifecycle management, intelligent and interactive form automation, mobile remote deposit capture, electronic statements and more. To learn about our technology visit: http://edoclogic.com/products/doclogic/ or give us a call at: 800.425.7766 Option 3.

CU Has Big Plans to use Technology to Grow Membership

The winner of Trellance’s brand-new Acceleration Technology Scholarship, Western New York Federal Credit Union (WNYFCU) has big plans for the $10,000 award they will accept on May 10 at the newly re-emerged CUSO’s annual conference, immersion18.

The scholarship was created to be used towards the design and implementation of a technology initiative that will make a big difference in a credit union’s operations now and in the future; and is a part of Trellance’s Exceptional Member Initiative (EMI) Awards. The New York-based CU with an asset size of under $50 million, has big plans to invest the funds in an area that many CUs are focusing on today, membership growth. 

“We administered three separate surveys to gather information from the millennial target market, our members and our employees, and found that our members and millennials were seeking more electronic services to avoid having to visit the branch,” says Marie Betti, CEO of WNYFCU.

Armed with this information, they started to formulate a plan to incorporate more technology to grow their membership base, particularly with millennials, as well as increase the number of products and services per member and improve overall member experience. “Our technology initiative incorporates two member-requested technologies – Tokenization and Remote Deposit Capture. We also identified two services that will provide a more innovative and interactive member experience, Text Concierge and Voice Banking,” added Betti.

Asked about the two innovative and interactive services, Betti noted that, “Text Concierge will allow members to communicate with us via text messaging rather than calling or e-mailing. It uses a dashboard portal that will notify branch representatives of the messages and will allow us to set up auto responses to common questions. And Voice Banking will add value to members, especially millennials, as they’ll be able to use the smart speakers found in many homes today to perform transactions.” WNYFCU plans to work with third-party providers to implement these services. 

With a strong focus on marketing to younger demographics, they also recently started implementing the “Mad City Money” financial literacy program in their neighboring high school. This is in addition to the financial literacy program they have had in their local elementary school for years, as well as ongoing social media campaigns.

“We are very excited that we are the recipient of this scholarship that will make it possible for us to bring these plans to fruition,” added Betti.

VP of marketing at Trellance, Jennifer Bryant noted that, “With this scholarship, we wanted to invest in the future success of one of our credit unions; and we look forward to witnessing the opportunities for growth that it will bring for Western New York FCU.” 

About Trellance:

Born out of nearly 30 years of payments experience and a passion for the credit union movement, Trellance is committed to providing innovative yet simple solutions to help credit unions adapt and thrive in a complex and competitive landscape. Together we can build and implement strategies to seize the exciting future of our industry.

Learn more about us at Trellance.com, visit us at www.thepaymentsreview.com for industry insights and our perspective on the future, or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter @Trellance.

About Western New York FCU:

A member-owned and not-for-profit financial cooperative, Western New York Federal Credit Union offers membership to anyone who lives, works, volunteers, attends school or worships in Erie County, New York. The Credit Union has 16 dedicated employees, more than 8,300 members and $51 million in assets. Additional information about services and programs available through Western New York FCU can be found at wnyfcu.com.