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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Marvin (Mickey) Goldwasser
Open Solutions Inc.
860.652.3153
mgoldwasser@opensolutions.com
BC-based Lake View Credit Union Selects Open Solutions’ Core Platform
–Member-centric
technology aligns with credit union’s “members are key”
philosophy–
GLASTONBURY, Conn.,
Aug. 7, 2008
– Open Solutions Inc.®, a leading provider of integrated,
enterprise-wide data processing technologies for banks and credit unions throughout
the United States, Canada and other international markets, announced that
Lake View Credit Union has extended its long-standing relationship with
Open Solutions Canada and has selected The Complete Credit Union
Solution® along with a comprehensive
suite of Open Solutions’ complementary strategic products, as the
advanced technology platform for enabling the credit union to better
serve the growing needs of its members.
Lake View Credit Union has assets of more than $200CDN million and
serves 15,500 members through three branches. This year, the credit union
celebrated its 65th anniversary of providing cooperative
financial services to residents of British Columbia’s Peace
Country. By adhering to the basic credit union tenet that “members
are key” and using a combination of providing great member-focused
service, great products and knowledgeable staff who go the extra mile the
credit union has historically enjoyed consistent asset and membership
growth.
Lake View CEO, Rene George, said, “We still continue to grow,
but like many financial institutions in Canada, we’re now facing a
much bigger field of competitors and our growth is harder won than ever
before. To remain competitive, we have selected Open Solutions’
relationship-based technology to help us take our business to the next
level – to make our already great service even better; enable us to
provide innovative and relevant products to our members; and give our
staff access to the information they need to more effectively cross-sell
products and services. Open Solutions’ suite of technology products
is well designed to address the issues and challenges financial
institutions face in today’s very competitive market. More
importantly, we believe The Complete Credit Union Solution is the
leading core banking technology in the credit union market today because
its fundamental structure echoes our basic principle: everything revolves
around the member.”
The Complete
Credit Union Solution is built on a powerful, centralized OracleÒ relational
database designed to be an open architecture application, creating the
flexibility necessary for running a service-oriented financial
institution. It helps credit unions streamline both front and back office
processes and creates a centralized view of members, employees and
business partners.
“Our long-standing business relationship with Open Solutions
Canada was a factor in our decision to select Open Solutions’
technology as our platform for the future and we look forward to
expanding our relationship in the coming years,” continued George.
Lake View Credit Union will continue using Open Solutions’ data
centre for its data processing needs. In addition to The Complete
Credit Union Solution, Lake View will also implement Open
Solutions’ Financial Accounting Suite, Asset/Liability Management,
ProfitVision™, Digital Document Systems and cView™
ReportWizard™.
Blair Goulet, president of Open Solutions Canada, said, “We
are very pleased Lake View Credit Union is extending its business
relationship with Open Solutions Canada and has chosen Open
Solutions’ technology as the platform for its continued growth and
success. By selecting The Complete Credit Union Solution, the
credit union has demonstrated its commitment to providing the best
products and services to its members. We congratulate Lake View on attaining its 65th anniversary and look forward to working with the
credit union as its technology partner in the years to come.”
“We take great pride when long term clients like Lake View
Credit Union extend their relationships with Open Solutions by renewing
their business, choosing to migrate to our latest core offering or by
choosing to add one or more of our best-of-breed complementary
products,” said Louis Hernandez, Jr., chairman and CEO of Open
Solutions Inc. “We believe this is an endorsement of the job we
have done as a partner and is a testament to our core mission of
providing world-class products and services backed by superior client
service. We are pleased to welcome Lake View Credit Union to our growing
list of clients who are selecting Open Solutions’ advanced
relationship-based technology to help them meet the challenges of the
future. We value the trust and confidence long-time clients, such as Lake View, place in us as their technology partner and are committed to helping them
succeed now and into the future.”
About Open
Solutions Canada
Open Solutions Canada designs,
builds, integrates and operates advanced banking and payment technologies
for financial institutions, retailers, independent sales organizations
(ISOs), third-party organizations and processing centers worldwide. Open
Solutions Canada’s Payment Solutions Group supports and markets
state-of-the-art, industry-standard payment transaction processing
solutions internationally. The Payment Solutions Group operates one of
the largest ATM and POS payment switches in Canada. In addition, it
directly supports more than 30 Canadian financial institutions through a
network providing shared cash transaction processing, ATM monitoring and
7/24 support.
About Open
Solutions Inc.
Open Solutions Inc. offers a fully
featured strategic information management product platform that
integrates core data processing applications built on a single
centralized Oracle relational database, with Internet banking, cash
management, CRM/business intelligence, financial accounting and
management tools, profitability tools, wealth management, imaging,
digital documents, interactive voice response, network services, HSAs,
payments and loan origination solutions. Open Solutions’ full suite
of products and services allows banks, thrifts, credit unions and
financial services providers in the United States, Canada and internationally to better compete in today’s aggressive financial services
marketplace, and expand and tap their trusted financial relationships,
client affinity, community presence and personalized service.
For more
information about Open Solutions or its financial product line, contact
Mickey Goldwasser by email at mgoldwasser@opensolutions.com
or by phone at 860.652.3153 or via fax at 860.652.3156. Visit Open
Solutions’ Internet site at www.opensolutions.com.
Open
Solutions Inc. is a registered trademark of Open Solutions Inc. All other
company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
Copyright 2008 Open Solutions Inc. All rights reserved.
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