Corporate One Federal Credit Union has collaborated with Juniper Payments, the largest non-bank, cloud-based service provider of inter-bank transactions and reporting systems in the U.S., to create and launch a new web-based, business-to-business (B2B) immediate payments solution. Called CU Corporate Payments on the RTP® network (“CU Corporate RTP”), Corporate One’s member credit unions can now initiate real-time payments through The Clearing House’s RTP network on behalf of their organization (no member payments) without joining the network.
The partnership with Juniper involved integrating the RTP network send/receive functionality provided by Corporate One and payment messages within Juniper's platform. In May 2021, Corporate One Federal Credit Union signed on to be the first correspondent to enable and offer the integrated B2B real-time payment functionality to its member credit unions, partnering with Juniper as an early adopter to test the solution as it came to market.
“As a result of our longstanding partnership with Juniper Payments, we’re excited to provide a solution that allows credit unions to harness the power of real-time payments without the requirements of RTP network participation/certification,” said Corporate One’s President/CEO Melissa Ashley. “With CU Corporate RTP, our members can easily modernize their payment capabilities and enhance how they do business by participating in the country’s newest payment rail in over 40 years.”
“This successful collaboration is a testament to the devoted teams at both Corporate One and Juniper Payments and our focused, phased approach to introducing new and innovative payment options,” said Juniper Payments CEO Jon Budd. “CU Corporate RTP provides both operational efficiency and increased payment transparency – and it’s instant. We are excited to help our partner Corporate One leverage this new payment rail and provide immediate value for their client base.”
CU Corporate RTP helps credit unions improve current business operations and drive new ways of doing business with vendors and business partners; streamline record keeping and reconciliation with rich payment messaging/information that accompanies each payment; and easily gain confidence with immediate payments while realizing the benefits they offer. Over the past six months, four credit unions participated in Corporate One’s CU Corporate RTP pilot program and provided feedback. To date, the most common use cases include indirect lending settlements and mortgage settlement payments.
By using Corporate One’s status as a certified participant on the RTP network, credit unions can initiate (and receive) immediate payments directly out of their settlement account to a recipient account at a financial institution that is also a participant on the RTP network. For more information about how the solution works, visit https://www.corporateone.coop/solutions/payments/immediate-payments/send-payments.
Corporate One’s new solution is timely because it’s been full speed ahead for consumers using instant payments, and businesses are catching up quickly. For example, among those businesses already engaged with real-time payments, nearly 75% expect to increase the payments they receive in real time during the next year, and 69% say they expect to make more real-time payments. (Source: PYMNTS’ Real-Time Payments Tracker® June/July 2022)