Symitar said more than 500 people have begun using its newcollaborative marketplace for customized add-ons to its Episys coreprocessing platform.

The San Diego-based division of Jack Henry & Associates ofMonett, Mo., formally launched the PowerOn Marketplace last month for users of the customization tool by thatname.

In the first month, the company said, there have been 506 users,1,666 downloads, 42 reviews, 53 solutions published and six more inthe review process.

“We are very excited to see the PowerOn Marketplace come tofruition. It's easy to navigate and find solutions that can quicklyfulfill our business needs,” said Frank Broering, assistant ITmanager at the $724 million KEMBA Financial Credit Union in theColumbus suburb of Gahanna, Ohio.

“I hope that credit unions will leverage each other's solutionsso that they evolve beyond what an individual credit union couldcreate on their own,” Broering said.

Credit unions will have the option of charging for theirsolutions beginning in January, the company said. A similarcollaborative marketplace was launched last year by Open Solutions Inc. of Glastonbury, Conn.

Symitar provides core processing and other solutions to morethan 700 credit unions.