OMI and CredAbility Announce Strategic Alliance Offering Credit Counseling Services to Credit Unions

March 2, 2011 - PRLog -- OMI and CredAbility Announce Strategic Alliance Offering Credit Counseling Services to Credit Unions


Outsource Management, Inc. (OMI) a leading Managed Communication Service Provider that helps credit unions transition print communications online, announces a strategic alliance with nonprofit credit counseling and education provider, CredAbility, to offer direct access to personal financial education and credit and housing counseling services  to credit union members through Statement2web®.

At no cost to participating credit unions, OMI will offer access to CredAbility and its wide spectrum of education and counseling services including free budget and credit analysis, free foreclosure prevention or reverse mortgage counseling, enrollment in debt management plans for qualifying individuals and unlimited access to their financial education site CredAbility.org/education.  CredAbility also offers CheckWise, the online course that teaches consumers how to responsibly manage a checking account.

"This strategic alliance offers best-in-class credit counseling that can help credit union members achieve and maintain financial stability in tough economic times," says OMI's Chief Executive Officer, Brad Banyas.  "We've delivered Communication Management Services to CredAbility for 10 years, and we see their excellent reputation, combined with demand for superior credit counseling services, as a natural added-value solution for our credit union clients."


About OMI: OMI's Statement2web® a software as a service (SaaS) platform allows Credit Unions to move transactional communications, such as statements, notices, letters and tax related communications to electronic mediums to reduce operational costs, improve marketing communications, better member relations, offer loyalty programs and provide a more palatable medium for cross sell and up sell of new credit union services with focus on daily, weekly and monthly transaction communications. www.outsourcemanagement.com


About CredAbility:  Founded in 1964, CredAbility is a leading national nonprofit credit counseling and education provider serving all 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. CredAbility offers a wide range of financial counseling and education services including budget and credit counseling, debt management plans, foreclosure prevention counseling, reverse mortgage counseling and home pre-purchase and post-purchase counseling.  Services are provided 24/7 in English and Spanish, online, by phone or in-person at more than 30 offices across the Southeast. www.CredAbility.org.




For more information please contact:

James Banyas
Director Credit Union Channel
OMI
1595 Peachtree Pkwy
Ste. 204-324
Cumming, GA, 30041
Phone:   678-462-1067
Email: jbanyas@outsourcemanagement.com

Doug Erickson
Vice President Relationship Management
CredAbility
270 Peachtree Street NW
Suite 1800
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone : 404-260-3100
Email : doug.erickson@credability.org

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OMI's Statement2web® a software as a service (SaaS) platform allows Credit Unions to move transactional communications, such as statements, notices, letters and tax related communications to electronic mediums to reduce operational costs, improve marketing communications, better member relations, offer loyalty programs and provide a more palatable medium for cross sell and up sell of new credit union services with focus on daily, weekly and monthly transaction communications. www.outsourcemanagement.com