Neural Payments Wins Best of Show at America’s Credit Union’s GAC

Left to Right: Jim Phillips*, SVP/CIO, SchoolsFirst FCU; Wendie Ellis* Director Payment Services, Horizon CU; Hunter Richardson, Account Executive, Neural Payments; Angela Melle*, Senior Director Communications & Education, Louisiana CU League; Jenny Wilson, Account Executive Neural Payments, Jennifer Hamrick*, COO, State Employees CU; Ami Iceman-Haueter*, Chief Research & Digital Officer, Michigan State University FCU; Chris Saneda*, Elton Brooks*, VP Retail, Dow CU; Willis Chang*, Technology Council Chair and Digital Transformation Officer, Kinecta FCU; and America’s Credit Union CEO Jim Nussle.

Neural Payments, a fintech company offering credit unions a new payments engine created to move money across traditional rails, was awarded with the America’s Credit Union’s Technology Council’s Best of Show Award at the 2024 Governmental Affairs Conference (GAC).   

“Neural Payments is an innovative solution that shifts the traditional person to person (P2P) model to be sender driven by eliminating the need to coordinate applications with the receiver.  This mean that consumers receiving a payment from your credit union member can choose where they want funds to go without downloading another app” said Jim Phillips, EVP/Chief Information Officer, SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union, and Technology Council Executive Committee member and Conference Committee Chair.

“For financial institutions, the solution is fully integrated into the credit union online and mobile applications and allows institutions the ability to customize eligibility requirements, marketing messages and offers. Creative payment products can drive adoption, increase engagement and improve the user experience,” he added. 

“At a time when consumer use of real time payment products is increasing, ease of use and reducing provider costs makes Neural Payments a standout solution that is good for Members and credit unions nationwide.”
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“We are honored to be selected ‘Best of Show’ by Councils, and to be acknowledged by the innovative credit unions represented on the judging panel. By making person-to-person payments simple, custom and integrated credit unions can improve their member experience and satisfaction while reducing costs of the service” said Mick Oppy, Neural Payments Co-founder and CEO. 

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