Preferred Business Affiliates

CO-OP Financial Services  - Based in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., CO-OP Financial Services is the industry leader in access and convenience products for credit unions. Nearing 30 years of credit union service, CO-OP connects credit union members to their accounts through network services, payment processing, e-commerce, CO-OP Shared Branching and call center services. With a total of 3,000 credit union members, 30 million cardholders, 28,000 surcharge-free ATMs, 4,000 shared branch locations and 160 million-plus monthly transactions, CO-OP Financial Services is the nation’s largest credit union service organization, offering the tools, counsel and leadership to help credit unions prosper. For more information, contact Courtney Miceli at 1-800-452-7221 ext. 3004

CU Members Mortgage - Founded in 1982 as a division of Colonial Savings, CU Members Mortgage provides comprehensive mortgage services to more than 700 credit unions, CUSOs and leagues nationwide. Offering more than 150 different loan programs, the company originates more than $4 billion in mortgages annually, and is one of the largest services of mortgage loans in the United States, with a portfolio exceeding $10 billion. Advanced technology, including an online application that delivers a firm decision in minutes, makes CU Members Mortgage the credit union industry’s leading resource for mortgage services. Privately held and headquartered in Dallas, Texas, CU Members Mortgage has offices located throughout the country. For more information, visit www.homeloancu.com.

CUNA Mutual Group - CUNA Mutual Group is the leading financial services provider to credit unions and their members worldwide. They offer more than 300 insurance, investment and technological solutions through strategic relationships and multiple service channels.

CUNA Strategic Alliances, Inc - CUNA and the Louisiana League have carefully chosen suppliers, to save you money and time by providing the products, services and technology your credit union needs to compete effectively in the modern financial marketplace. We increase your value by negotiating volume pricing, combining the buying power of America's credit unions to deliver discounts.

Diebold - ATMs are Diebold's primary focus. By partnering with the original ATM innovator, CUNA and the Louisiana League has assembled a set of products and services that enable your credit union to automate personalized attention to every member. Your credit union will benefit from the significant discounts available on Diebold products and services available through CUNA's ATM Solutions.

Enterprise Car Sales - Enterprise Car Sales partners with credit unions nation wide to offer their members an affordable and reliable choice of vehicles in a haggle free environment. Enterprise also gives peace of mind to the credit union by guaranteeing to give them 100% of the financing 100% of the time. See why the world's largest credit union considers Enterprise Car Sales their preferred vehicle provider!

Fidelity (FIS) - Fidelity provides electronic products, which include EFT card processing and ATM driving services for credit unions. Their services help credit unions reduce their transaction and infrastructure costs, detect potential fraud and enhance relationships with their members. Your credit union will benefit from the negotiated discount group pricing for our Louisiana credit unions. For more information, contact Courtney Miceli at 1-800-452-7221 ext. 3004

Griffin & Company, LLC - Understanding your needs. Providing strategic solutions. Exceeding your expectations.  Griffin & Co., LLC is a full service accounting firm offering audits, compilations and reviews of financial statements, performance of agreed-upon procedures, budgeting and cash flow projections, development of accounting manuals, set up and implementation of accounting software, outsourcing of accounting functions, consultation on accounting issues, evaluation of internal controls, preparation of tax returns, development of tax advantaged strategies, representation in tax examinations, advice regarding choice of business form, assistance with retirement plans, assistance with tax projections and estimated tax payments, planning for changes in income tax law, outsourcing – internal audit, state and local sales tax, payroll and human resource

Invest in America - Invest in America is an exciting way for credit unions to lend their members a hand during these tough times in two different ways. First, all eligible current and new credit union members can get a great discount on a new GM or Chrysler vehicle. Second, when they finance their new vehicles through their credit union, they get extra savings thanks to our low loan rates. While the individual automakers’ offers vary, the process to obtain a discount is similar. All marketing for Invest in America will send members to lovemycreditunion.org. Once there, they choose their offer and can then click on a direct link to the preferred automaker. The site will walk members through what they need to do to receive their discount. This program is also designed to drive new membership and vehicle loan volume for your credit union. Messaging consistently includes how your members will save even more money if they obtain financing through their credit union.

To make a great program even better, we’ve already created comprehensive marketing campaigns to support whichever discount program your credit union selects. You may pick one or all, it’s up to you. Once you’ve chosen, you’ll have carefully crafted and branded marketing collateral to promote the offer. Whatever your credit union decides and whichever way you look at this program, it’s a win-win situation for members, credit unions and the automakers alike.

There is no cost for credit unions to participate in the “Invest in America” campaign. Members simply provide proof to the dealership that they have received their financing through a credit union in order to take advantage of the incentives. Additionally, credit unions can visit www.lovemycreditunion.org to learn more about the program and gain access to the marketing materials. Previous conference calls have also been posted to the website in case you were unable to attend.

JMFA Overdraft Privilege Protection - The John M. Floyd & Associates Overdraft Privilege program can be an invaluable addition to your credit union's line of products and services. Without fee increases or major operational costs, this powerful program strengthens member satisfaction, raises market share and increases your credit union's fee income. 

Overdraft privilege is a service that can help members who overdraw their transaction accounts. Overdraft privilege is subject to preset dollar limits and certain other conditions. Your credit union continues to collect the customary fee for each overdraft item, while protecting your members from the credit and debit bureau problems, merchant fees, and potential embarrassment associated with returned checks and ACH items. Importantly, by providing a safety net for your members, your credit union may also save them from having to seek extra funds from friends, family, or not so benign sources. 

The John M. Floyd & Associates Overdraft Privilege program provides feature flexibility together with back office control. Overdraft dollar limits are preset and can range from two to four levels. Overdraft privilege offers your members overdraft coverage without a binding obligation between the credit union and the member. Your organization retains all rights and privileges to pay or return checks. 

Comprehensive services include: complete analysis of the demand deposit member base to establish and recommend program guidelines including the preset overdraft privilege limits, development of all required disclosures and necessary procedural changes in order to comply with applicable regulations, review of NSF and overdraft processing systems, technology utilization, operational procedures and management reporting systems, analysis of demand deposit product offerings and recommendation of necessary modifications, all necessary marketing and advertising support programs to current and prospective members, on-site employee training designed to both educate and obtain critical employee buy-in to the program, no-cost, easy-to-use, PRIVILEGE MANAGER CRM™ software that automates essential tasks and functions smoothly with your core application system.

The Kullman Firm - Through a strategic alliance with the Louisiana Credit Union League, the Kullman Firm, a trusted resource in labor and employment law since 1946, provides human resources consulting for credit unions. Services include developing procedure, policy, and rules dealing with employee conduct, communication systems, complaint handling, benefits plans and other employee relations policies. Fee is based on number of credit union's employees.

Labarre Associates, Inc. - Founded in 1984 by Jay Labarre, Labarre Associates, Inc. is a diversified, full-service organization that provides its clients with a choice of quality and cost-effective services from concept through operations. With its headquarters in Denham Springs, LA, just outside of Baton Rouge, the company provides Architectural, Construction, Facility Systems, and Real Estate for financial institutions, educational/religious organizations, state & local government agencies, and office, retail & commercial developments in Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Alabama, and Florida.

My EZ Car Care - We’re pleased to announce our partnership with myEZ Car Care, a loyalty-building vehicle care, discount and record-keeping program that will help credit unions gain competitive advantage and acquire more auto loans.

For Your Members: Members-Only VIP Program gives Discounts on all vehicle maintenance at over 130 locations in Louisiana and while traveling at over 6000 across the USA, from Jiffy Lube, Take 5 Oil Change, Time-It Lube, Tire Kingdom, Pep Boys, AAMCO, Maaco, Meineke, Chabill’s Benny’s Car Wash and others.  Additionally, Members receive discounts on car rentals, hotels and vacations at thousands of locations.  The exclusive Electronic Glove Box® helps your Members maintain their vehicles and records making them safer and more efficient. Members save money, get peace of mind, better performance and organized records to help realize a lift in value when it’s time to sell or trade.

For Your Credit Union: myEZ provides ongoing loyalty through its marketing and communications tools and can generate fee income if you care to mark up the modest price. LCUL member credit unions receive a 66% discount making it a cost-effective marketing benefit for all auto loans.  Your brand is reinforced with your Credit Union-branded wallet Membership Card and every CU-branded service reminder and email. Your timely marketing message is also included in all myEZ communications enhancing your marketing and cross selling efforts. myEZ creates competitive advantage as a promotional item with auto loans and can be marketed to all members with vehicles as an additional Member benefit.  myEZ Car Care’s VIP Members-only benefits include discounts on all preventive maintenance services, rental cars, hotels and vacations at thousands of locations and your credit union generates goodwill with every discount received by your members.

Newtek Business Services, Inc. - Through a strategic alliance with the Louisiana Credit Union League, Newtek Business Services, Inc. will allow your credit union to quickly and easily enter the small business services arena with business loans and merchant processing. Both programs are available at no charge, involve no financial risk, and pay you referral fees.

Office Depot - The Louisiana Credit Union League and Office Depot, the world's largest office supply distributor, have teamed up to help affiliated credit unions save money on their office supply needs. Through an agreement with Office Depot credit unions receive deep discounts on their office supply needs - products that you are already ordering, The discount program also makes the process of ordering and receiving the most commonly used office supplies quick and easy.

Pulse - PULSE is one of the largest financial industry-owned electronic funds transfer EFT networks in the United States. PULSE is a not-for-profit network, committed to delivering high-quality, low cost switching and settlement services for credit unions.

Southeast Regional Credit Union School - The Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia Leagues cooperate together and host three annual conferences/schools for credit unions. They are: Southeast CUNA Managements School, Financial Counseling School, and the Director’s Conference.

Southwest Corporate Federal Credit Union - is the nation’s second largest corporate credit union. With more than 1,200 members and more than $9 billion in assets, the Dallas-based Southwest Corporate is dedicated to helping credit unions grow and allow them to keep their members satisfied. Southwest Corporate is position to help credit unions with correspondent services, investment services and balance sheet management to name a few.

Trimmier Law Firm - The Trimmier Law Firm has dedicated its practice to the representation of credit unions across the Southeast. The Firm works daily with credit unions and other financial institutions, and other clients serving that industry, providing advice and counsel as operational issues arise. The firm serves as General Counsel for more credit unions than any other firm in the country. The firm’s relationship with the Alabama Credit Union League and Birmingham credit unions created expansion of the Firm to cities throughout the Southeast to better serve clients’ needs. The representation of the Florida Credit Union League again expanded the Firm into the state of Florida. Since 1997, the Firm has expanded its services to Louisiana credit unions affiliated with the Louisiana Credit Union League. Members of the Firm have represented credit unions since 1971.

The Firm's Corporate Legal Services Program provides comprehensive services for more than 100 credit unions and their members. The Program offers credit unions the same array of legal services that large bank holding companies provide to their members. Services include annual Compliance Audits and Legal Reviews, attorney-on-duty services offering unlimited telephone consultation, on-demand advice and decisions, monthly and quarterly newsletters, design of new programs and financial products and adversarial proceedings. The Firm also conducts loan closings and will projects for credit union members.

Because the Firm deals with credit union management on an everyday basis, our attorneys have come to understand the importance of operational considerations. Too often, attorneys view legal matters with tunnel vision and fail to understand the importance of practical and marketable forms and procedures. The Firm aslo provides Bankruptcy, Foreclosure and Creditor's rights to a wide area of clients.

In today's volatile marketplace, credit unions must utilize every available means to strengthen and secure operations. Quality legal services are the cornerstone for a secure future. The Trimmier Law Firm has seven attorneys who work primarily with credit union operational and regulatory matters. By scheduling our "in office" time, we are able to have a knowledgeable credit union attorney actually available during ALL business hours.