SOUTHINGTON, Conn. – Matt L’Heureux, Senior Vice President and Chief Product Officer at COCC, was named one of the Top 25 FinTech Product Executives of 2021 by the Financial Technology Report. L’Heureux ranked sixth on the list, landing him among the top product leaders in the fintech space.

As Chief Product Officer, L’Heureux uses his more than 25 years of experience in the financial services industry to drive COCC’s product vision, developing the technology community banks and credit unions need to support their communities. He has worked to advance COCC’s solutions to extend beyond the company’s core banking and digital banking solution to deliver a broad and sophisticated product suite integrated directly into the core. These innovations span throughout COCC’s offerings, including digital banking solutions, API integrations, payments, analytics, automated marketing, lending solutions, and more.

“We are proud of the innovative work Matt has done for our teams and our clients to focus our product initiatives,” said Richard A. Leone, Chief Executive Officer at COCC. “This honor is a testament to his experience and his dedication to provide our clients with flexible and innovative technology.”

The Financial Technology Report Top 25 FinTech Product Executive list celebrates leaders representing some of the brightest minds at the helm of some of the most influential tech companies in the world. This year’s awardees come from a diverse set of geographical backgrounds, including South Africa, Sweden, Poland, as well as other countries. When appraising each nominee, the publication paid particular attention to specific areas of a nominee’s demonstrated unique product vision, their ability to manage across functional teams, and business acumen, among other areas.

About COCC

COCC delivers the most comprehensive core partnership in the industry, combining a collaborative approach with the most highly adopted, feature-rich, modern standards-based core banking platform available. Its digital banking solution ensures that clients provide a rich and intuitive user experience, coupled with personalization driven by advanced machine learning models. Through extensive in-house development and using APIs to streamline innovative fintech integrations, COCC clients leverage a complete suite of modern financial technology solutions. COCC has been client-owned for over 50 years, acting as a partner with an unmatched focus on client service to help community banks and credit unions meet their unique and ever-changing needs.