Due to USC’s continued innovation and service oriented approach, Security First CU selected United Solutions CUSO as a Core Data Processing Provider. They had a successful Migration this past month to the USC Data Centers.

United Solutions Company (USC), a technology CUSO hosting core processing and other technology services for credit unions, announced Security First Credit Union has signed a contract to migrate their DataSafe Core Processing System. The Security First Credit Union has chosen USC as their technology partner because of their understanding of the unique challenges and pain points for credit unions. This insight has encouraged USC to develop products such as, OnCore Suite.

Per Jim Giacobbe CEO at United Solutions Company, “The teams at Security First and United Solutions match up very well. Security First’s CEO Andy Reed’s smile and enthusiasm are contagious, and our team at USC has a good working relationship with Security First’s CIO Chris Fox. United Solutions is looking forward to helping the credit union continue to grow and prosper.”

Hidalgo Federal Credit Union was founded to financially benefit the employees of the Federal Government who resided in the Rio Grande Valley. The idea of establishing a credit union for Federal employees began in the home of Mr. Ned Jackson, who resided in Pharr, Texas, and through the sponsorship of the Hidalgo Chapter of American Federal of Government Employees, Hidalgo Federal Credit Union was founded. Mr. Jackson, along with five other men, contributed $5.00 each for the initial membership fee. On February 24, 1947, a Charter was issued. A Board of Directors was elected to represent the membership. This Charter included Civilian Federal Employees only and remained that way for 29 years. Security First Credit Union is the Rio Grande Valley’s largest “homegrown” credit union. We pride ourselves on being “from the valley, for the valley.” Our roots are here; our people are from here; we serve the community that lives here.

“Security First Credit Union is excited to partner with United Solutions who will host our core data processing system,” states Andy Reed, CEO of Security First CU. “Jim Giacobbe and his team at United Solutions have built their CUSO around a solid reputation of helping credit unions of all sizes maximize their investment in their core systems. United Solutions years of experience and deep understanding of our core system functionality will help us simplify work processes, control expenses, reduce downtime associated with third party interfaces, give us access to better business intelligence data, and improve member service. We’re looking forward to working with Jim and his entire team.”

United Solutions has been hosting the Fiserv DataSafe Core Data Processing System since the CUSO’s inception in 1983. The Fiserv DataSafe System provides easy-to-use, browser-based technology that is attractive, user-friendly and feature-rich. The member data is stored in an object-oriented relational database incorporating the latest technology such as .NET, AJAX, SOAP, and more. Products such as in-house credit card processing, a best-of-breed home banking product, cross-sell products, relationship pricing, risk-based pricing, shared branching and an easy-to-use real-time SQL Reporting Module are just some of the system highlights.