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We're pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 Tekkie Awards.

The fourth annual awards garnered a record number of nominations. Tekkie Award categories and winners are:

Member Growth: Jovia Financial Federal Credit Union, $4.5 billion in assets, 232,000 members
Revenue Growth: Clarity Credit Union, $205 million in assets, 18,000 members
Increased Efficiency: Freedom First Credit Union, $1.2 million in assets, 63,000 members
Innovation: American Heritage Federal Credit Union, $4.8 billion in assets, 312,000 members
Game Changer: Nutmeg State Financial Credit Union, $702 million in assets, 50,000 members
People Helping People: SELCO Community Credit Union, $2.7 billion in assets, 150,000 members
Tech CUSO of the Year: QCash Financial

Profiles of the award winners and their respective technology achievements are available by clicking the links above or below.

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Finopotamus Announces 2024 Tekkie Award Winners

The awards recognize outstanding achievement in credit union technology in 2023

2024 Tekkie Award for Increased Efficiency: Freedom First Credit Union

Freedom First CU: Making Small-Dollar Loans More Efficiently

2024 Tekkie Award for Game Changer: Nutmeg State Financial Credit Union

Closing a digital experience gap.

2024 Tekkie Award for Tech CUSO of the Year: QCash Financial

Supporting credit unions in their quest to improve the financial well-being.

2024 Tekkie Award for People Helping People: SELCO Community Credit Union

People really can help people--SELCO CCU proves it.

2024 Tekkie Award for Member Growth: Jovia Financial Federal Credit Union

Jovia Financial Leverages Union Credit to Grow Membership in New Ways

2024 Tekkie Award for Innovation: American Heritage Federal Credit Union

At American Heritage FCU, Data and Innovation Go Hand in Hand

2024 Tekkie Award for Revenue Growth: Clarity Credit Union

Helping patients leads to new revenue source.

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2023 Tekkie Award for Technologist of the Year: Travis Frey of Dover Federal Credit Union

Chief Technology and Security Officer Travis Frey joined Dover, Del.-based Dover Federal Credit in 2016.

2023 Tekkie Award for Digital Transformation: Los Angeles Federal Credit Union

By Roy Urrico. LAFCU needed a way to provide an easier, more engaging digital experience for members.

2023 Tekkie Award for Tech CUSO of the Year: Co-Winners Glia and Member Driven Technologies

By W.B. King In what is a Finopotamus Tekkie Award first for this category, Glia and Member Driven Technologies (MDT) have nobly tied for...

2023 Tekkie Award for Marketing: Allegacy Federal Credit Union

With an increasingly mobile membership, this credit union began exploring mobile marketing technology in 2019.

2023 Tekkie Award for AI/ML: Pinal County Federal Credit Union

By Roy Urrico. Pinal County Federal Credit Union (PCFCU) wins the 2023 Tekkie Award for Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning.

2023 Tekkie Award for Self-Service: CapEd Credit Union

By W.B. King As a deposit heavy financial institution catering to teachers, their family members, and others invested in the education...

2023 Tekkie Award for Core Integration: UMe Credit Union

Burbank, Calif.-based UMe Credit Union had been on Jack Henry’s Symitar core processing platform for decades ...

2023 Tekkie Award for Fintech Adoption: Park View Federal Credit Union

The $361 million Harrisonburg, Va.-based Park View Federal Credit Union is the winner of the 2023 Tekkie Award for Fintech Adoption.

2023 Tekkie Award for Lending: 4Front Credit Union

By W.B. King Persistently focused on member-driven growth, 4Front Credit Union, which supports more than 100,000 members and 18 branches,...

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2022 Tekkie Award for Marketing: 4Front Credit Union

By W.B. King Recognizing the need for progressive financial literacy programs that could benefit its 97,000-plus members, 4Front Credit...

2022 Tekkie Award for Lending: Digital Federal Credit Union

By Roy Urrico. The $9. 9 billion Marlborough, Mass.-based Digital Federal Credit Union, is the winner of the 2022 Tekkie Award for Lending.

2022 Tekkie Award for Self-Service: Wescom Credit Union

By W.B. King Sometimes the best way to achieve success is by recognizing weakness. This was the case for Wescom Credit Union when...

2022 Tekkie Award Winner for Core Integration: TruStone Financial Credit Union

In May 2020, Firefly CU and TruStone Financial CU announced their intent to merge, representing the largest CU merger of equals ever.

2022 Tekkie Award for Artificial Intelligence: Lebanon Federal Credit Union

Lebanon Federal Credit Union had a goal to increase the number of cross sales among existing members ...

2022 Tekkie Award Technologist of the Year: Ben Maxim, MSUFCU

By Roy Urrico. Ben Maxim of MSU Federal Credit Union wins Finopotamus' Technologist of the Year award.

GAC2022 Takeaways: Lawson and San Filippo Talk Conferences, Fintech and the 2022 Tekkies

At GAC, Finopotamus co-founder John San Filippo had a chance to sit down with his old friend Mike Lawson to film an episode of CUbroadcast.

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2021 Tekkie Award for Core Integration: Meridian Credit Union

By John San Filippo Meridian Credit Union is the largest credit union in the province of Ontario and the second largest in Canada. The...

2021 Tekkie Award for Lending: Nuvision Federal Credit Union

By John San Filippo Like many credit unions, Nuvision Federal Credit Union was saddled with an antiquated loan preapproval process. The...

2021 Tekkie Award for Self-Service: iTHINK Financial Credit Union

By W.B. King Among the host of lessons learned from the pandemic was the need for a streamlined self-service platform that allows members...

2021 Tekkie Award for Data Analytics: Northwest Community Credit Union

By W.B. King In most instances, a credit score below 650 severely limits a person’s ability to borrow money at a reasonable interest...

2021 Tekkie Award for COVID-19 Response: Community First Credit Union, Delta Community Credit Union

By Roy Urrico. Community First CU and Delta Community CU , co Tekkie winners for COVID-19 Response.

We're pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 Tekkie Awards.

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