FedComp Teams Up to Help Credit Unions Manage Third-Party Vendor Risk

FedComp and Venminder Team Up to Help Credit Unions Manage the Tactical Challenges of Assessing and Mitigating Third-Party Vendor Risk

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 12, 2017

FAIRFAX, Va. December 12, 2017: FedComp, the Virginia-based core data processor, today announced a partnership to introduce Venminder third-party vendor risk management services to its more than 600 credit union clients. Venminder, headquartered in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, provides personnel and software to help credit unions and other financial services businesses with the tactical work of assessing and mitigating third-party vendor risk. In addition to partnering with Venminder to extend services to its clients, FedComp also uses Venminder to manage its own vendor relationships.

“Third-party vendor relationships are a fact of life for every financial institution, and financial institutions—including the credit unions FedComp so proudly serves—have a regulatory obligation to carefully manage those relationships,” explains FedComp Chief Operating Officer Anna Duff. “Even small credit unions can use upwards of 50 outside vendors, so this obligation presents significant manpower and resource challenges. Although financial institutions can’t outsource ownership of third-party vendor risk, they can outsource the tactical work of assessing that risk—which is why we’re partnering with Venminder for the benefit of our credit unions.”

“It’s easy for our clients to launch with Venminder, so they’ll quickly benefit from top-quality vendor management—just like we do here at FedComp,” adds Karen Rys, FedComp program director. “But Venminder’s defining difference is the quality of its people. They’re experts in every facet of vendor management. And from our own experience, I know Venminder personnel care deeply about their work and the people they advise.” 

The partnership with Venminder enables FedComp to pass on attractive pricing to its credit union clients.

“With FedComp as their critical core processor and many of our credit union clients using overlapping providers, our partnership makes it affordable for even our smallest clients to work with Venminder,” Rys comments. “But, it’s not just about the attractive pricing. In addition to acquiring control over their third-party vendor relationships from a compliance standpoint, working with Venminder also can help them facilitate closer partnerships with their vendors, resulting in better vendor performance and, for some, even lower costs.”

“FedComp clients look to us for education, direction and advice to keep them at the top of their game in serving their members and staying compliant, and we take their trust seriously,” says Duff. “Third-party vendor management is a pain point that, if not handled diligently and well, has substantial consequences, and regulators have made clear that vendor management will be an increased focus in examinations. Having found a partner in which we have confidence to aid us in our own vendor management, we’re confident in connecting our clients to this trusted resource.”

About FedComp 
For more than 30 years FedComp has serviced its credit union clients’ core data processing needs, both technically and with live 24/7 customer support. FedComp is a leading Microsoft-based core processing system since its beginning, evolving from DOS in 1982 to Windows 10 today. Since 1984, more than 2,500 credit unions have employed its core data system. Today $3.8 billion in assets are managed by FedComp with credit unions in the continental U.S., Caribbean and the United Kingdom. www.fedcomp.com

About Venminder 
Venminder is a leading vendor management software and services provider, with a team of due diligence experts who can significantly reduce the vendor management workload by collecting compliance documentation, analyzing vendors’ financial health and monitoring their cybersecurity posture, assisting with vendor contracts and more. Its software organizes, tracks and reports findings for senior management, boards and examiners—making it the “must have” answer to meeting financial institutions’ increasing regulatory requirements. https://www.venminder.com/

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