PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Payfinia, an independent payment services firm providing an open payments framework, today announced a strategic partnership with Dublin, Calif.-based Patelco Credit Union (‘Patelco’ – $9.5 billion in assets and more than 550,000 members), marked by the credit union’s investment* in the Payfinia Credit Union Service Organization (CUSO). As part of the partnership, Patelco’s Chief Technology Officer, Kal Majmundar, has joined the Payfinia CUSO Board of Directors,