Our History
We pride ourselves on Technology, Innovation and Excellence to Keep Your World Turning – but we’ve been around longer than you think. Sercle has been connecting the dots for our credit union partners and their members for over 30 years.
Our History
We pride ourselves on Technology, Innovation and Excellence to Keep Your World Turning – but we’ve been around longer than you think. Sercle has been connecting the dots for our credit union partners and their members for over 30 years.
1978
Kesho Systems launches providing state of the art accounting software for accountants in practice, utilising emerging micro-computer technology.
1981
IBM launches the Personal Computer, and the company is awarded the much-coveted IBM authorisation.
1987
Kesho launches CUMAS, the Credit Union management and accounting system which dominates the UK market for a decade.
1997
With the invaluable technical advice and support of our credit union partners, Kesho develops our revolutionary new software, CURTAINS for Windows™.
2002
Within 5 years, more than 220 Credit Unions in the UK alone have adopted Curtains as their management and accounting system.
In the same year, we fight off global competition to be selected by the United Nations as the supplier of an innovative savings and loans system.
2004
With the unfailing support of our seven development partners, Kesho develops the successor to Curtains – CURTAINS II the SQL.
2016
BIRA bank becomes the first UK bank to use SerclePlatform.
2018
We announce the appointment of Lindsay Ward as Executive Director of Sercle.
2020
CUFA (Credit Union Financial Analytics) Lending Analytics joins our integration partnerships to offer trusted data analytics to help gain advanced knowledge into the business lending and risks across a credit union’s loan portfolio.
2020
During this time, Credit Kudos also joins our integration partnerships to offer real time data and insight into their members’ creditworthiness via Open Banking.
2020/2021
We invest significantly into the expansion of the Sercle business, moving to new offices in the Finnieston area of Glasgow and expanding of our team.
2020
After an in depth consultation process with our partners, we launch our new product offering, Sercle Platform. We are now part of the Sercle family, with a commitment to our customers and partners ensuring that they are always at the centre of everything we do.
2021
Sercle grows its team of talent with the appointment of Deborah Levy as Head of Client Retention and Development. With over twenty-five years commercial experience gained through positions held with organisations such as Citibank and GECapital, Debs brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the Sercle Family.
2021
We announce the appointment of Lisa O’Dea as Vox Money Regional Sales Executive – North, who joins the team with years of valuable credit union industry experience