Allied Payment Network, the industry’s most progressive provider of online and mobile bill payment services to banks and credit unions, today announced its partnership with Chelsea, Mich.-based Mahalo Technologies Inc., a provider of omni-experience online and mobile banking solutions for credit unions. The collaboration allows Mahalo to offer Allied’s full suite of bill pay services—tightly integrated with Allied’s industry-first real-time payment technology—as part of its digital banking platform.
Credit unions using the Mahalo platform are able to provide Allied’s best-of-breed bill pay products, including PicturePay®; the financial industry’s first mobile click-and-pay service; eBills, automatically linking to more than 12,000 billers; A2A and P2P payments; digital document filing cabinet; small business payments; and loan payments from external lending institutions.
Allied pioneered the technology that allows consumers to make real-time payments to billers and individuals from within a financial institution’s digital banking environment. “Allied helps financial institutions gain a competitive edge by enabling consumers to get a payment to a biller right now,” said Ralph Marcuccilli, founder and CEO of Allied. “We are thrilled to partner with Mahalo to give their credit union clients this advantage.”
Denny Howell, Mahalo’s co-founder and SVP of Experience added, “Allied’s user-centered products align perfectly with credit unions’ member-focused philosophy. Their products and our ability to offer unique and tight API integrations bring a new level of convenience to consumers, which truly impacts lives.”