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Boston Firefighters CU Moves to COCC

COCC’s hosted platform is based on Fiserv’s DNA core system.

The $251 million credit union, which services 8,000 firefighters, police and correction officers, was impressed with COCC’s senior management team and their commitment to the project, the vendor says.

Bernie Winne, president and CEO of Boston Firefighters CU, comments: “We liked the products but, more significantly, we liked the people.” He adds: “The products offered by COCC will be a significant technological upgrade from what we’ve been using.

“COCC offers much more functionality that is far more robust. It will allow us to do things that we’ve never been able to do.”

Established back in 1967 in Connecticut, COCC provides software and services to small banks and credit unions in the north east of the US.


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COCC was created by a collaboration of financial institutions to deliver real banking technology. At COCC, we feel strongly that our carefully crafted mission statement, vision and corporate values are reflected in everything we do.

Our mission is to be a trusted partner, delivering secure, quality solutions that drive the success of financial institutions, while providing a challenging and rewarding workplace for our employees.

Our vision is the hope that by embracing our business priorities and living our values, we will become the preferred technology provider in our industry.

And our values are embraced company-wide, and held up as a standard for quality in our industry.

https://www.cocc.com/  Email: info@cocc.com
Telephone: (860) 678-0444
Fax: (860) 677-1169


Earlier this year, COCC signed St Mary’s Credit Union and Abington Bank. In 2016, CorePlus Credit Union, Freedom 1st Credit Union, Maple City Savings Bank, Holbrook Cooperative Bank, GSL Savings Bank and Salisbury Bank joined the customer ranks.



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