Truaxis and Jwaala Partner to Provide Credit Unions with the StatementRewards Platform
Truaxis, a leader in transaction-enabled services such as personalized card-linked discounts, has partnered with online banking solution provider, Jwaala, to launch StatementRewards to their credit union clients and reach millions of members using their Better Online Banking solution. Truaxis’ data-driven services platform allows financial institutions to provide personalized rewards and discounts, funded entirely by retailers, direct to their customers within the online or mobile banking environment. Truaxis’ platform supports a robust offer portfolio, with over 70,000 offers from nearly 40,000 local, regional and national merchants. Truaxis uses sophisticated algorithms to analyze its dynamic inventory and match appropriate offers to credit union members in real time for maximum user satisfaction.
“We saw Truaxis’ StatementRewards technology as a lightweight and seamless addition to our services offered for our FI clients,” explains Kelly Dowell, COO of Jwaala. “The entire process—analyzing offers, handling presentment, redemption, crediting the user’s account—is handled by Truaxis. It requires minimal interaction from the FI and can be easily rolled out across our entire customer base. Our clients win because, at no cost to them, they’re able to delight their members with savings from their favorite retailers.”
Truaxis’ personalized transaction-enabled services platform maximizes the value to credit union members by customizing rewards and discounts based on past purchase history, predictive analytics and collaborative filtering. Personalized offers have been shown to lift members’ share of spend and online engagement with their credit union, which deepens the relationship and increases member satisfaction and loyalty. Personalized offers are integrated within Jwaala’s Better Online Banking and Better Mobile Banking environments and presented via the credit union’s site.
“Continuing litigation and regulation on interchange fees have forced FIs to get creative with their rewards programs,” said Schwark Satyavolu, Co-Founder and CEO of Truaxis. “Truaxis’ StatementRewards platform provides relevant and valuable rewards to cardholders. We also offer the country’s largest merchant network and our patented bill analysis for categories such as gas, cable and wireless service. The result is that FIs working with Jwaala will increase their market competitiveness and member satisfaction by helping their members save hundreds of dollars yearly.”
Schools Financial Signs with Jwaala to Offer Better Online Banking Platform
Sacramento, CA. 8/25/12 – Schools Financial Credit Union has selected a new online banking platform to enhance its members’ experience. Schools and software company Jwaala have signed a deal to offer Jwaala’s Better Online Banking platform to Schools’ members.
“We’ve seen usage of online services increase exponentially over the past several years,” said President/CEO Jim Jordan. “It’s essential that we respond to our members’ desire for a more robust online banking package, and we think Jwaala’s product is the state-of-the-art and will exceed their expectations.” The new online banking solution is projected to rollout in spring 2013.
“We’re very excited to have Schools Financial join our client community,” said Kelly Dowell, COO of Jwaala. “We work hard to provide the best online and mobile banking platform available, but it’s the valuable input we receive from our clients and their members that fuels our ongoing innovation. The members will be very happy and I’m confident Schools will see an even greater increase in their online banking usage by next summer.”
Utilities Employees CU Joins Jwaala’s Growing Client List
WYOMISSING, Penn. – Utilities Employees CU said it signed with Jwaala to offer mobile banking and expand its online services.
The $1.2-billion “virtual” credit union will add mobile banking and combine the free online services it currently offers – including online banking, phone line banking, online bill pay, account E-Notifications, remote check deposit, account e-statements, internal as well as external fund transfers, and online loan applications – into a new banking platform that can be personally tailored by each member.
Members will receive added personal finance tools to track transactions, establish budgets and goals, and securely store personal documents such as their receipts, the company said. Users will be able to categorize, search, sort, and graph their financial information and account transactions.
“The upgraded online and mobile banking platforms will further empower our members and simplify management of their finances,” said Glen Yeager, president of Utilities Employees.
“The enhanced system will be more intuitive to use and individuals will be able to customize their own dashboards,” said Yeager. “At log in, they can immediately view the information deemed most important to managing their finances on a single screen.”
Jwaala Kicks Off First Annual User Conference | April 5-6
Thank you Mountain America Credit Union, for a very successful first conference. Your support is much appreciated!
Jwaala’s First Annual User Conference was held at:
Mountain America Credit Union
Salt Lake City, UT
April 5th & 6th 2012
Jwaala Receives 2011 Gonzo Banker Award!
12/22/2011 Austin, Texas. Jwaala couldn’t be more proud of our latest award, from Gonzo Banker. This one really speaks to us! Thank you Cornerstone Advisors, we love it. But we’re not fighters!
2011 Gonzo Banker Vendors Awards
The Kid Brother Who Just Might Be Able to Kick Your Ass Now Award
This one goes to Jwaala’s Internet banking offering quietly but surely growing its user base, especially in the credit union market. Industry scuttlebutt has it that the techie darling of the Internet banking market is (wisely) targeting core-based Internet banking users. Buckle yourselves in, NetTeller, UltraAccess, DNAweb, etc. Read more about the Gonzo Awards here.
Jwaala and eWise Partner to Bring New Online Payment Solution to Credit Unions
Austin, Tx 8/11/11– Online banking solution provider, Jwaala, and payments solution provider, eWise, have partnered to offer a new online payment alternative for credit union members, merchants, and billers. Through this partnership, the Secure Vault Payments solution has been integrated into Jwaala’s Better Online Banking platform allowing users to make payments to online merchants and billers through simple, secure and immediate ACH transactions.
Secure Vault Payments (SVP) is a safe, secure and private online payment network developed by NACHA — The Electronic Payments Association® and eWise. Using the payment method, consumers simply select the SVP payment option on a merchant’s site. They are directed to their online banking site where they sign in and make the payment.
By using the financial institution’s online banking site and the ACH network, the payment is immediate, verified and does not require the consumer to create an account at the merchant site where confidential information is typically stored; making SVP the only payment option that offers consumers an online payment choice without sharing any personal account information.
Jwaala and eWise recently joined forces to provide the payment alternative to members of Utah based Mountain America Credit Union who has been live with Jwaala’s Better Online Banking platform since May. The SVP payment option will be available to all financial institutions deploying Jwaala’s Better Online Banking platform. Future innovations will include mobile access to the SVP.
Jwaala and Synergent Join Forces to Deliver Better Online Banking
Austin, TX August 4, 2011 –Jwaala and Synergent have formed an alliance to offer Jwaala’s next-generation online banking platform, Better Online Banking to Synergent’s growing list of credit union users. The alliance combines Jwaala’s innovative solution with Synergent’s leading Symitar Episys service bureau offering.
“This alliance is part of Synergent’s continued efforts to help our credit union partners grow,” Gary Glenn, Senior Vice President for Synergent, explained. “In addition to offering this next-generation solution, we make it simple and affordable to implement. Much more than online banking, the Jwaala solution with its integrated financial management tools provides a new way for credit unions to become an interactive part of their member’s lives.”
Jwaala’s platform combines extensive consumer and business banking functionality with tightly integrated financial management tools that empower members to create customized monthly budgets, monitor and trend transactions, and generally better interact with and manage their finances. The platform includes layered security through enhanced Multi-Factor Authentication, custom reporting and alerting, two-way secure messaging, and transactional analytics to comply with security guidance recently issued by the FFIEC.
“Synergent and its user base understand that credit unions need to go beyond the standard in order to satisfy their members” says Eric Fisher, Director of Sales for Jwaala. “We are thrilled that such a well respected and trusted organization has selected Jwaala as their partner for online banking services.”
KEMBA Financial CU Goes Live with Jwaala Better Online Banking
Austin, TX May 31, 2011 – Jwaala, a next generation online banking vendor for banks and credit union has announced that KEMBA Financial Credit Union has gone live to its members with Jwaala’s Better Online Banking platform. The Columbus, OH based credit union with over $530 million in assets selected Jwaala’s platform for its innovative user experience, flexibility and ability to extend as consumer’s needs evolve.
“We are 100% committed to excelling in member service at KEMBA Financial CU and after an extensive search for a new online banking vendor, Jwaala was clearly the vendor who could take us to that next level,” says Jeff Christenson, Director of IT. “Our members have been more than enthusiastic about the features Jwaala offers such as search and integrated Personal Financial Management tools. Not only are these features our younger members like, but they are great tool for financial education.”
“It is great to work with credit unions like KEMBA Financial CU who really understand the value of the online channel and share a desire to extend these exciting new technologies to their members.” Says Shaun Steckley, Director of Technical Services at Jwaala. “At Jwaala, we are truly committed to developing an innovative online banking platform that goes well beyond the standard.”
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Jwaala is leading the way to a new era of banking with a powerful, feature rich and highly extensible electronic banking platform called Better Online Banking. With its uniquely innovative design, Better Online Banking delivers the online and mobile tools consumers and businesses are craving while supplying community banks and credit unions with the tools they need to succeed. Jwaala is simply Better Online Banking! www.jwaala.com
Jwaala Offers Free Pilot Program for Better Online Banking
01/10/2011 Austin, Texas. Jwaala, a leader in open, customizable online banking technology has announced an innovative “try before you buy” Pilot Program for credit unions and banks. The program allows financial institutions to pilot a fully functional instance of the Better Online Banking solution, deployed within their own environment and connected to their own core banking system. Typically the installation is connected to a test environment of the core banking system.
Jwaala says the pilot can be deployed within two days, highlighting how rapidly credit unions can enhance their online services with a full featured, PFM enabled banking platform. Currently, the Better Online Banking Pilot Program is available to credit unions utilizing the Symitar™ Episys® core processing system.
Jwaala will be hosting an informational webcast to demonstrate the capabilities of Better Online Banking and provide technical details on the new Pilot Program. Register here.
Jwaala and Cardlytics Join Forces to Deliver Innovative New Rewards Program
09/28/2010 Austin, Texas. Jwaala, a leader in open, customizable online banking technology and Atlanta based Cardlytics have partnered to deliver an innovative, new, automated member rewards program through a financial institution’s online banking services. The program offers relevant and valuable rewards in a highly convenient manner, increasing retention rates and encouraging the use of the financial institution’s credit and debit cards.
The Cardlytics program extends targeted, cash-back merchant offers at the transaction detail level within online banking. A member accepts an offer by simply clicking to activate it. Once activated, the reward is provided automatically the next time the member uses the financial institutions debit or credit card at the merchant.
“The program comes with a bonus for the financial institution, as well” explains Kelly Dowell, COO Jwaala. “Not only is the feature free to deploy, it can provide a valuable revenue stream for the financial institution; since merchants pay to participate. Think of it as a twist on Groupon but selected and delivered automatically through the financial institution’s electronic channels.”
The Jwaala partnership integrates the Cardlytics rewards program as an optional feature within Jwaala’s Better Online Banking platform. The program provides multi-channel distribution that extends the non-intrusive offers to members through online banking, SMS, email, mobile and social networks.
Jwaala will be hosting a demonstration webcast on October 7th at 1:00pm CST. Register here.
