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PATELCO CREDIT UNION<br />

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“There’s no reason for us<br />

to reinvent the wheel,<br />

so we partner with<br />

providers that offer a<br />

great foundation that<br />

does all the basics but<br />

is an open platform<br />

that allows us to build<br />

strategically on top of it”<br />

—<br />

Kevin Landel,<br />

SVP of Innovation and Payments Strategy,<br />

Patelco Credit Union<br />

Now, when Patelco wants to add a<br />

widget to simplify customer donations<br />

to its community outreach programmes,<br />

it can do so easily without<br />

having to develop the technology for<br />

an entire web platform. “I’m happy to<br />

say we are out of fix mode and into the<br />

build mode,” says Landel. His role has<br />

since shifted as Patelco brings on a<br />

new CTO, as well as marketing and<br />

credit analysists with strong data<br />

science backgrounds. Now, Landel<br />

focuses on developing other areas of<br />

innovation where the company can<br />

flourish: robotic process automation,<br />

OCTOBER <strong>2019</strong>

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