Pidgin, a secure, unified instant payments platform built for the future of payments, has partnered with Wichita, Kansas-based Millennium Corporate Credit Union, giving its nearly 300 credit unions across the Midwest and beyond access to FedNow, RTP, and stablecoin capabilities as part of a single, scalable payments strategy.
This partnership adds to Pidgin’s growing footprint. More than 1,000 community financial institutions now have access to Pidgin’s instant payments solutions across the company’s clients, including corporate credit unions and bankers’ banks. That reach, combined with more than 100 financial institutions using the platform directly, represents the largest market share of U.S. financial institutions and establishes Pidgin as the industry’s market leader in instant payments.
Pidgin delivers specialized solutions for the evolving financial institution, helping credit unions deliver smarter, faster and safer payments to their members. The platform serves as a central connection point to the Federal Reserve’s FedNow Service, The Clearing House’s RTP network and other faster payment options, so credit unions can offer instant payments across a wide range of use cases. Pidgin connects a credit union’s core processing system, digital banking and other third-party apps, and multiple payment networks, all while keeping money within the financial institution rather than a holding account owned by a fintech provider.
“Instant payments are quickly becoming essential to how members expect to move their money,” said Haley DaVee, CEO of Millennium Corporate Credit Union. “Partnering with Pidgin gives the hundreds of credit unions we serve a clear path to fast, secure, instant payments, without the complexity or cost that often gets in the way. That is exactly how we strengthen credit unions and the members they serve.”
The partnership comes as instant payments continue to gain momentum. Nearly 1,700 financial institutions now participate in the FedNow Service, and more than 1,100 are connected to the RTP network, reflecting broad adoption of real-time payment capabilities. Digital asset rails have moved alongside those established systems, with stablecoins processing more than $9 trillion in value in 2025.
“Millennium Corporate Credit Union has spent decades earning the trust of credit unions, and that trust opens the door for hundreds of institutions to embrace real-time payments with confidence,” said Tim Rozanski, SVP of Sales and Co-Founder, Pidgin. “The demand for instant payments is accelerating, and credit unions want a partner that makes it simple to deliver. Our partnership with Millennium puts that capability within reach for even more credit unions, and we look forward to helping them transform their payment operations.”
Industry research projects the global real-time payments market will reach $284.49 billion by 2032, fueled in large part by the FedNow Service and rising demand for instant settlement. As that market expands, the credit unions best positioned to compete will be those that can bring instant payments to members quickly and across every rail. Through Millennium, hundreds of credit unions can now do exactly that.
About Pidgin
Pidgin is an innovative and secure instant payments ecosystem, enabling financial institutions, business owners, and individuals to process transactions quickly and with lower fees. Engineered for the future of payments, Pidgin allows financial institutions to send and receive instant payments while keeping funds within the institution, rather than a third-party holding account. For more information, visit www.pidgin.net or follow Pidgin on LinkedIn.
About Millennium Corporate Credit Union
Millennium Corporate Credit Union, founded in 1951 and headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, serves nearly 300 member credit unions and manages more than $2 billion in assets. Millennium Corporate provides liquidity, investment, payments, and correspondent solutions designed to help member credit unions strengthen their financial position and better serve their own members. Guided by its core values of Reliability, Commitment, Cooperation, Excellence, and Integrity, Millennium Corporate is a trusted partner for credit unions across the Midwest and beyond. For more information, visit https://www.millenniumcorporate.org/ or follow Millennium Corporate on LinkedIn.
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