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Cornerstone Resources Partners with Pulsate to Help CUs Drive Growth

Mon September 15, 2025

PLANO, TEXAS – Cornerstone Resources, a trusted provider of innovative financial solutions for credit unions, announces a strategic partnership with Pulsate, an intelligent member engagement platform purpose-built for credit unions. This collaboration is designed to equip Cornerstone-affiliated credit unions with advanced tools to personalize digital engagement, increase product adoption, and strengthen member relationships across digital banking channels.

Through this partnership, Pulsate’s Opportunities Engine™, a platform that uses real-time member behavior and intent signals to surface the most impactful growth opportunities, will be brought to more credit unions. Pulsate enables credit unions to identify and engage with members through targeted messaging directly inside their mobile banking apps and online banking platforms.

“Our partnership with Pulsate brings intelligent, real-time engagement capabilities directly into members’ banking experiences, enabling credit unions to deepen relationships, increase product adoption, and deliver the kind of personalized service that sets our movement apart,” said Ryan Dold, EVP and chief revenue officer of Cornerstone Resources.

Adam O’Connell, Pulsate VP, sales and strategic partnerships, said that Pulsate was purpose-built for credit unions with the goal to help them strengthen member relationships while driving measurable growth. “By delivering personalized, data-driven messaging inside digital banking channels, we enable credit unions to boost adoption, increase revenue, and reduce inefficiencies—all while meeting members in their exact moment of need,” he said. “Together with Cornerstone Resources, we’re excited to bring these capabilities to more credit unions so they can achieve stronger engagement and greater impact across their communities.”

Pulsate’s platform is already helping credit unions across the country drive measurable results, from increased loan conversions to significant gains in deposit product adoption and eStatement enrollment. The company’s focus on credit union products ensures personalized, secure, and timely communications that meet members where they already are – within their trusted digital banking experience.

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About Cornerstone Resources
Cornerstone Resources provides industry-leading solutions such as audit and consulting; executive search and professional recruiting; and information security, compliance, and consulting services to credit unions across the country. A key service Cornerstone Resources offers to members is its partnership solutions program, through which Cornerstone vets and promotes credit union solution providers, helping to streamline operations and provide effective solutions to its members.

Cornerstone Resources is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Cornerstone League, a regional trade association representing the interests of more than 600 credit unions in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. For more information, please visit www.cornerstoneleague.coop/solutions.

About Pulsate
Pulsate is a mobile-first, personalized consumer engagement platform, enabling customers to optimize revenue and engagement through their digital channels with data-driven, personalized, localized and relevant mobile marketing communications. Pulsate works with over 270 credit unions and community banks reaching 20 million consumers.