Finzsoft blocked from quitting credit unions contract over Christmas

Finzsoft blocked from quitting credit unions contract over Christmas
Victoria Young
Credit unions infrastructure provider Co-op Money turned to the courts after its mobile app provider Finzsoft Solutions said it would pull the plug on services at short notice. As a result Finzsoft was ordered to keep providing services to Co-op Money after a judge feared some 10,000 customers would be left in the lurch over Christmas. Co-op Money is the trading name for the New Zealand Association of Credit Unions, which as well as providing infrastructure, acts as the credit unions’ lobby group.It has had a contract with listed fint...

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