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🤝 CUSO Framework

The Modern CUSO.
Built with credit unions,
not just for them.

A small group of forward-thinking credit union CEOs are shaping the back-office operating standard for the industry. Founding member seats are limited.

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What Is the CUSO

Shared infrastructure.
Individual competitive advantage.

The Kintera Modern CUSO is a credit union service organization where founding member institutions co-own the back-office automation layer that runs their operations. Members share the cost of building the platform. They each own the competitive advantage it gives them.

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Built together
Founding members shape the roadmap. Your workflows, your policies, your compliance requirements become the platform standard — not a vendor's guess at what you need.
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Owned by the industry
The CUSO model means credit unions are partners in building the platform, not just customers of it. The back-office operating standard gets built with practitioner input at every step.
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Structured for growth
Founding members receive preferential terms and structure that reflects the trust and commitment of being first. Details are shared in a direct conversation.
Why a CUSO

Credit unions built the cooperative model.
This is its back-office equivalent.

The credit union industry runs on the principle that shared infrastructure creates individual strength. The Kintera CUSO applies that same logic to back-office automation — building the operating layer together so every member institution deploys it faster, cheaper, and better than they could alone.

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Influence the platform while it's being built
Founding members sit at the table for roadmap decisions. The workflows built in Year 1 reflect real operational priorities from real institutions — not a vendor's assumptions.
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First access to every new workflow
Founding members deploy new workflow modules before they're available more broadly. When mortgage QC, BSA/AML, and account opening automation are released — CUSO members are first.
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A peer network of forward-thinking leaders
Direct access to the other credit union leaders building alongside you — a peer group of institutions investing in the same operational future and sharing what they learn.
Who This Is For

Credit union CEOs who want to
shape the standard, not adopt it.

The CUSO founding member program is a direct conversation between Kintera and a small number of credit union leaders. If you're a credit union CEO thinking about where back-office operations are heading — this is that conversation.

Founding member terms — including structure, economics, and program details — are shared directly in a private conversation. Not on a website.
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The founding program is
a conversation, not a form.

If you're a credit union CEO interested in what the CUSO means for your institution, start here.

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