BECU Launches CashEdge's Popmoney(TM) Person-to-Person Payments Service

NEW YORK, March 23 /PRNewswire/ -- CashEdge, Inc. (www.cashedge.com), the leading provider of Intelligent Money Movement™ services, announced today that Boeing Employees' Credit Union (BECU), the largest credit union in Washington and one of the top five financial cooperatives in the United States, has launched CashEdge's person-to-person (P2P) payments service, Popmoney™, to its members.  BECU, which has over 600,000 members, began offering Popmoney on March 20 through its website www.becu.org.

Popmoney is the first email and mobile person-to-person payments service that allows credit union members and bank customers to send money directly from their online or mobile banking service, simply using the recipient's email, mobile number or bank account information. Popmoney provides support for text messaging, WAP and downloadable mobile applications, enabling financial institutions to extend their P2P functionality to mobile phones.

"We are excited to be the first credit union in the country to offer this service.  At BECU we strive to make banking as easy and convenient as possible for our members.  That means offering services that allow them to bank wherever and whenever they want," said Howie Wu, Vice President of Virtual Banking, BECU. "Popmoney helps us meet that goal by extending the reach of our online and mobile banking capabilities to include person-to-person payments – a simple, secure and convenient way for our members to send money directly from their BECU account to anyone for free."

"BECU is a great partner," said Neil Platt, Senior Vice President and General Manager, US Banking, CashEdge Inc. "They understand the importance of bringing innovation and service to their clients, and they've demonstrated that understanding by being industry leaders in delivering Popmoney.  We expect that Popmoney will help drive acquisition and client engagement – creating new revenue streams for them."

Popmoney leverages the proven reliability, security and strength of CashEdge's money movement platform, which in 2008 processed nearly $50 billion in funds transfers for bank customers. For current CashEdge clients, Popmoney is a simple upgrade of their existing TransferNow service.

To learn more about CashEdge's Intelligent Money Movement Services, visit www.cashedge.com.

About BECU

Governed by a volunteer Board of Directors, BECU is a not-for-profit credit union owned by the members. Profits are returned to the members in the form of better rates and fewer fees. With more than 600,000 members and more than $8.6 billion in assets, BECU is the largest credit union in Washington and one of the top five financial cooperatives in the country. BECU currently operates over 40 locations in the Puget Sound region. All Washington state residents and students attending Washington colleges and universities are eligible to join.

About CashEdge

CashEdge is a leading provider of Intelligent Money Movement™ solutions for financial institutions, including mobile and online person-to-person (P2P) payments, account transfers, account opening and funding, small business applications and financial account aggregation. The Company's clients include hundreds of leading financial institutions, including seven of the ten largest banks in the country, for which they move more than $50B every year. CashEdge's newest offering, Popmoney™, is a bank-enabled P2P service that is live at leading banks in the U.S.

CashEdge's industry-leading products include Popmoney™ for person-to-person payments; OpenNow®/FundNow® for new account opening and funding; TransferNow® for Consumers, which includes Me-to-Me and Third Party Transfers; and TransferNow® for Small Businesses, which includes Invoicing, Me-to-Me Transfers, Employee Payments and Vendor Payments. All CashEdge products are supported by industry-leading risk management capabilities that leverage proprietary technology to help financial institutions mitigate risk and decrease fraud exposure.

The Company is headquartered in New York with offices in Silicon Valley and India. For more information, visit www.cashedge.com.

The above contains statements that are based on subjective views, opinions or beliefs of the management. The data provided herein is based solely on CashEdge's solutions and does not relate to any specific financial institution or client or the industry. 

SOURCE CashEdge, Inc.