October 19th, 2021172123TALLAHASEE, Fla. – First Florida Credit Union was recently named Tallahassee’s best credit union by those who voted in the inaugural Tallahassee Readers’ Choice Awards, which was held by the Tallahassee Democrat.
Nominations for the Tallahassee Readers’ Choice Awards began in May, when the public was asked to nominate their favorite businesses across more than 100 categories. Once the top five businesses in each category were identified, the Tallahassee Democrat asked readers to vote for the winners across industries that ranged from entertainment and dining to finance and education.
First Florida Credit Union operates six...
October 18th, 20213119MIRAMAR, Fla. – Tropical Financial Credit Union is proud to announce that Kara Yaquinta is among 31 credit union professionals and volunteers named as 2021 Credit Union Rock Stars by the editorial team at Credit Union Magazine. She is the only South Florida representative among the 2021 honorees.
The Credit Union Rock Stars program recognizes outstanding professionals and volunteers from a wide range of disciplines who use their unique strengths to advance the missions of their credit unions. The winners were selected for their exceptional creativity, innovation, and passion.
Yaquinta was named a Credit Union Rock Star for the...
October 12th, 20214443Tampa Bay, FL - Railroad & Industrial Federal Credit Union (RIFCU) will become Trax Credit Union on Tuesday, October 12, 2021.
RIFCU’s Board of Directors and Executive Management team announced the change to their 41,000 members in late August.
“Our credit union has been serving members for more than 85 years. Along the way we’ve seen the community change a lot,” said Pete Giorgianni, CEO of Railroad & Industrial Federal Credit Union. “We decided to change our name in order to be more inclusive of all of our select employee groups and position us to serve generations to come.”
The new brand ties back to the...
October 4th, 20219141Burbank, CA, October 4, 2021 – Partners Federal Credit Union (Partners, $2.4B) has announced the appointment of Ricky Otey (Otey) as their new president and chief executive officer (CEO).
Otey spent over 20 years in banking before making the move to credit union leadership. For the past seven years, Otey served as executive vice president and chief operating officer at $1.7B Sharonview Federal Credit Union. While at Sharonview, he was directly responsible for member acquisition and retention model initiatives that yielded member growth at twice the national average. His strong performance caught the eye of the Industry and Otey...
September 29th, 20212127The Board of Directors of PriorityONE Credit Union of Florida is pleased to announce the
appointment of Deana Hennessey, formerly the Executive Vice President, to be the next
President and Chief Executive Officer of PriorityONE Credit Union of Florida.
Deana has been with PriorityONE for 25 years serving in many capacities, and has been
involved in nearly every aspect of the Credit Union’s operations. After conducting a local
and state-wide search, we feel especially lucky to have had Deana as a candidate to lead
our team. We look forward to Deana’s successful transition into the role of the President
and CEO as she continues to...
September 24th, 2021561FLAG Credit Union Earns $125,000 CDFI Technical Assistance Award
CU Strategic Planning extended its reach to write grant applications for the U.S. Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Technical Assistance grants for FLAG Credit Union. The $54 million CDFI and its members won big with a $125,000 award, the full amount of the request.
Just 174 organizations received Technical Assistance awards in FY 2021, totaling $24.1 million, according to Treasury. Technical Assistance Awards help Certified CDFIs and emerging CDFIs to build capacity to provide services to low-income and underserved people and communities...
September 20th, 20215123DUNEDIN, Fla. (September 17, 2021) – Achieva Credit Union’s move into Hillsborough County has a new leader at its helm. The Dunedin-based credit union has named Rocio Smith as Hillsborough Market Vice President, with an initial focus on establishing Achieva’s first Hillsborough branch in Carrollwood.
The Carrollwood branch, located on 10901 N. Dale Mabry Hwy, will be a full-service Achieva location, featuring an area for members with high-top tables, charging stations and a coffee station. Following the opening of the Carrollwood branch in 2022, Smith and Achieva will continue to look for other sites and opportunities to further...
September 10th, 20213121Lake Mary, Fla. (September 8, 2021) – As part of its latest expansion, Addition Financial has opened its newest branch at Seminole State College’s Sanford/Lake Mary Campus. Located in the Wayne M. Densch Partnership Center, this full-service branch will provide convenient banking services to Seminole State students, faculty and staff.
Addition Financial was named the Preferred Credit Union of Seminole State College in 2014, providing support to a variety of events and initiatives on campus since that time. Through this partnership, the credit union leads through education, teaching money management workshops to instill positive...
August 31st, 20214100ORLANDO, FL (August 2021) – On July 23, McCoy Federal Credit Union’s Business Development and
Marketing team partnered with the Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) to conduct real life budget and expense
simulations of families and individuals for Financial Education Day at the Children’s Safety Village of Central Florida.
The YEP attendees used McCoy’s work books to discover their disposable income. They were then given their
“monthly pay check” to pay the “vendors of life” such as the mortgage company, utilities, insurance and groceries.
Seeing the physical money dwindle gave impact to their budgeting work sheet and taught...
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