The Illinois League of Financial Institutions' for-profit
subsidiary, League Members' Assistance Corporation, endorses the following
companies and their products/services. The League is pleased to
recommend these companies and encourages League members to consider
utilizing the services offered by these firms. For more information,
please contact Jay Stevenson at the Illinois League office
800-237-1936 or jstevenson@ilfi.org.
121 Marketing Resources, Inc.
Practical,
cost-effective marketing support that includes what today is an
essential emphasis on local PR activities that will provide subtle,
but effective, assurance to customers – and will distinguish your
Illinois thrift/bank from the bank bailouts, stress tests and
assorted bad news that dominate cable TV and other news reports.
Contacts:
Jim Kendall (Jim@121MarketingResources.com
or 630-653-4237)
Rich Flansburg (Rich@121MarketingResources.com
or 630-653-4422)
A leading provider of Financial Institution
Bond and Extended Professional Liability, BancInsure is now an
endorsed partner of the Illinois League, offering a comprehensive
insurance product portfolio to Illinois' community thrifts/banks.
Risk management products offered by BancInsure include: Financial
Institution Bond, Extended Professional Liability, Kidnap, Ransom
and Extortion, Excess Deposit Bond, Property & Casualty and Flood
Insurance.
As a full-line independent insurer specific to
financial institutions, BancInsure's understanding of financial
institutions and their intricate operations is unmatched in the
marketplace. This translates to extraordinary value through
complete risk mitigation and risk management solutions.
Headquartered in Oklahoma City, BancInsure holds an A- (Excellent)
A.M. Best rating with a stable outlook and has proudly earned an industry leading 25% market
share.
Through their
relationship with the Illinois League, BancInsure provides you with
access to their superior portfolio of products and services.
BancInsure was formed by bankers, for bankers during the banking
crisis of the 1980’s to provide much needed products to America’s
community banks. BancInsure’s understanding of your business needs is
unmatched in the marketplace.
Contact: Patti Tobin
ptobin@bancinsure.com 314-302-4904
Tim Bennett
tbennett@bancinsure.com 216-534-4159
or visit www.bancinsurecom
online.
Compushare is the
leading provider of high quality, innovative technology and
compliance solutions for community banks. Whether it's
providing a totally outsourced cloud computing solution or assisting
your team with the management of your technology or IT strategic
plan, we take a consultative and customized approach that applies an
intimate understanding of the business processes, technology
considerations, and risk management concerns. With more than
15 years of technology experience supporting over 800 financial
clients nationwide, Compushare is SAS 70 Type II certified, FDIC
reviewed and preferred partners with many major providers.
Contact: Zach Frazier
zfrazier@compshare.com or 630-225-8752
Gregg Wright
gwright@compushare.com or 630-967-3101
Direct Energy Business is dedicated to
supporting their customers in their energy procurement choices.
They can help you gain greater control of your energy costs and
streamline your procurement process. Direct Energy Business is
one of the largest electricity suppliers in North American and
maintains a respected reputation.
For more
information on the Energy Savings Program,
contact Derrick Maschoff.
Email:
derrick.maschoff@directenergy.com
Phone: 630-954-3203
Fax: 888-463-8955
LPS National Flood
LPS National Flood is a division of the Lender Processing
Services Company, a leading provider of integrated technology and
services to the mortgage industry. It provides flood zone determination reports
at loan origination.
Services provided by LPS include:
Visit www.lpsnationalflood.com online or
Call 800-833-6347, ext. 638 to set up your LPS Flood account.
Elan’s national
surcharge-free ATM network includes more than 16,000 ATMs covering
48 states – and is a very marketable convenience for customers. In
Illinois, there currently are more than 500 participating ATMs with
an additional 165 ATMs committed and in the process of coming live.
Nationally, more than 1,000 financial institutions participate.
Contact: Brian Sismour
brian.sismour@elanfs.com or 440-309-4889
Pentegra is a full-service retirement benefit provider with over
sixty years of experience offering a wide range of retirement
services specifically designed to meet the unique needs of community
bankers and their clients. Retirement products include: 401(k)
plans; ESOPs; defined benefit pension plans; cash balance plans;
money purchase plans; profit sharing plans; and executive benefit
and director plans. Pentegra's new 401(k) Gateway product
provides banks with a full-service 401(k) program to offer their
commercial customers. Pentegra's turnkey approach includes custom
plan design, administration and recordkeeping, investment
management, consulting, legal support, plan compliance, shared
fiduciary responsibility under our multiple-employer plans and plan
education and participant communications. Clearly Pentegra
offers an unmatched value as the preferred retirement provider for
the financial community.
Visit www.pentegra.com
online.
Financial
institution advisory service nationally known for the original
Overdraft Privilege Service Program. Current focus is on
innovative, “real world” non-interest income solutions to build core
deposits, improve depositor relations and – especially important to
League members – enhance earnings.
Contact: Mike Sobba (msobba@strunklp.com
or 816-746-5595)
TransFirst provides over 950 community banks in all 50 states
with a complete suite of merchant bankcard processing services.
Merchant Services is TransFirst's ONLY business and thus are subject
matter experts. TransFirst assumes full liability for your
program while allowing the bank to maintain ownership of your
merchants. TransFirst provides a complete suite of pre-paid
card products, electronic check services, Web-based processing
platforms for municipalities, utility companies, and Internet
merchants, equipment sales and service and provides each bank with
dedicated account management support. For a free analysis,
please call TransFirst's Executive Director, Esther Pochron at
847-548-2301 or email epochron@transfirst.com.
Visit www.TransFirst.com
online.
