CU-Save: Cost Containment

Helping CUs save millions per engagement on card processing agreements, payment services, and core projects.

CU-Save helps credit unions align pricing, increase incentives and income, and remove restrictive service requirements from their vendor contracts.

How do we set you up for success?

Utilizing a proprietary benchmark pricing database to ensure fair market pricing
Leveraging decades of experience analyzing price points offered by vendors
Paid on performance pricing strategy
Applying an independent and impartial assessment that eliminates conflicts of interest

What do we specialize in?

Contract negotiation
Payment strategy
Technology roadmaps
Merger and acquisition support
Vendor selection and RFP support

Client Feedback

1st Community Credit Union

“We were so happy with the results. They helped us negotiate discounts that we wouldn’t have known were available. We definitely plan to use them again for our larger contract renewals.”

$275 million assets
Sparta, WI

Ascentra Credit Union

“We recently worked with their team on a cards processing RFP project. It was extremely helpful to have their expertise to guide us through the process. We were thrilled with the outcome, which led to significant cost-savings over the life of a new contract.”

$550 million assets
Bettendorf, IA

Perfect Circle Credit Union

“CU-Save helped us negotiate a significantly better vendor contract renewal, turning a five-figure payout into a six-figure jackpot. We look forward to further strengthening our relationship with their team.”

$60 million assets
Hagerstown, IN

Resources

Wellness: Your Secret to Savings

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), chronic diseases account for 90% of healthcare costs, morbidity, and mortality. Today, more than ever, we need new tools to identify and address the underlying risks and health issues, specifically ways to increase health literacy and personalized care plans to reverse the chronic disease epidemic.

Understanding Your Health Plan

Health insurance carriers design health plans to transfer some of the risk (costs) to you through four insurance concepts: deductibles, co-insurances, co-pays, and out-of-pocket-maximums, yet most of us with insurance don’t really know what we have.

Debunking health plan renewal myths: You don’t have to wait to find better benefits

Take a look at three common myths in the health insurance industry, and what we can do differently to help our employees and our bottom lines.

Help Your Employees Distinguish Between FSAs, HRAs, and HSAs

Although human resources professionals are very familiar with these accounts, some employees may not understand how to distinguish between flexible spending accounts, health reimbursement arrangements, and health savings accounts.

Insurance Captives: Are They Right for Your Credit Union?

Captives work for some employers but not for others. How can you be certain that you are making the right decision for your organization?

Leveraging Collaboration, Data, and Enhanced Underwriting to Drive Down Healthcare Costs

How can credit unions continue delivering robust and competitive employee benefits when the trajectory of healthcare costs is rising at such a steep pace? Here are three tips to help get us in the right direction.

The C-Suite’s Guide to Enhancing Employee Benefits and Reducing Costs

A collaborative healthcare model is the best strategy for credit unions to combat rising medical insurance and employee benefit costs as insurance carriers continue profiting from a broken system.

Why Association Health Plans Work for Credit Unions

Just as in the very collaborative spirit of the credit union movement itself, AHPs benefit from the strength and unity of their many combined employees.