April 17th, 2020085Ralph Ray Story, former Florida Credit Union League board chairman, died on April 12.
Story also served on the Board of Directors of VyStar Credit Union for 56 years until his retirement on May 31, 2019. In 2015, Story was honored for his service by the renaming of the VyStar Service Center in Fleming Island to the Story Center.
His commitment to the credit union movement also earned him recognition from the Florida Credit Union League (23 years of service), Credit Union National Association (15 years), the Defense Credit Union Council (13 years), National Credit Union Foundation (three years) and the Armed Forces Financial Network...
April 13th, 2020057Local economies across Alabama, Florida and Georgia are about to receive an injection of support, thanks to local credit unions in partnership with the Southeastern Credit union Foundation (SECUF).
Considering the COVID-19 pandemic’s detrimental effect on local businesses, the SECUF has invited League of Southeastern Credit Unions (LSCU) credit unions in its three-state footprint to join the #CreditUnionsCareChallenge. By doing so, credit unions commit at least $25 per employee; which the employee will use to carry out a good deed in their community while supporting a local business of their choice. Employees are encouraged to follow...
March 25th, 202033118America’s credit unions have been working diligently to meet the financial needs of the states’ families and businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
The League of Southeastern Credit Unions (LSCU) is the regional trade association representing credit unions in the states of Alabama, Florida and Georgia. On behalf of our member credit unions, we want to share the following important information with you. The Georgia Credit Union Association – a subsidiary of LSCU representing Georgia credit unions – recently partnered with the state’s banking trade associations to spread similar information.
Here are some key...
March 16th, 20203100MagnifyMoney, a personal finance blog powered by Lending Tree, recently named Delta Community Credit Union's mobile app as 'Best Overall.'
The blog made this assertion in its article titled Mobile Banking App Ratings 2020, in which it recorded nearly 20 million app user ratings on the Google Play and Apple App Store as of December 2019. The final score for each app was based on these ratings, via a weighted average of iOS and Android ratings that factored in the number of reviews on each platform, according to the articles.
By these metrics, Delta Community Credit Union had the best mobile app of all banks and credit unions. In fact,...
March 13th, 20201230Delta Community Credit Union recently welcomed Carisa Buffington as the new branch manager at its Johns Creek location, according to a Johns Creek Herald article.
Buffington, while new to Johns Creek, has years of experience leading credit union teams in Duluth, Buford and Suwanee. She was tapped to lead the Johns Creek branch after former manager Jenn Dietzel was promoted to the credit union's residential lending team.
Delta Community has about 65,000 members in Fulton County and many of them visit the John's Creek branch regularly.
For more information, read the full Johns Creek Herald article here.
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March 12th, 2020067Georgia United Credit Union was recently named a Junior Achievement (JA) 100 Club member for the fourth consecutive year.
The JA 100 Club recognizes organizations that have 100 volunteers participate during the academic calendar year. JA partners with more than 200 organizations -- and only about 20 meet the 100 Club standards.
As of March, 106 Georgia United team members have volunteered at JA Centers, with a total number of volunteers projected to surpass 125 for the 2019-2020 academic calendar year. Georgia United is a longstanding partner and sponsor of Junior Achievement in Georgia, with focus in the Gwinnett, Atlanta, North...
March 11th, 20200112Coosa Valley Credit Union runs a regular feature called “Savings Corner” in local publication CoosaValleyNews.com. The credit union’s latest column deals with IRAs. Below is an excerpt from that feature:
Individual Retirement Accounts are personal savings plans that provide income tax advantages for people saving money for retirement. A Traditional IRA is a type of retirement plan that offers tax-deferred earnings and the possibility for tax-deductible contributions. These tax advantages make the traditional IRA a powerful tool in creating a balanced, long-term savings plan. A Roth IRA is an individual retirement account that...
March 10th, 2020291Georgia United Foundation is still offering tax help to low and moderate income taxpayers in the Athens and Dalton communities.
The Foundation puts together the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program thanks to a longstanding partnership with the Internal Revenue Service, Dalton State College, the University of Georgia and Georgia United Credit Union.
Students from Dalton State and UGA who are IRS-certified tax preparers earn academic credit by participating in the program to help prepare taxes for low and moderate income taxpayers, without depreciatable assets, business losses or extensive stock transactions. As part of the...
March 6th, 20204340Female executives from both Georgia's Own Credit Union and Publix Employees Federal Credit Union recently sat down with Creditunions.com to discuss working tips, career lessons and legacy desires in celebration of International Women's Day on March 8.
"In 2017, Callahan examined leadership teams at U.S. credit unions and found 51.4% of CEOs were females," according to the article. "When it comes to assets under female stewardship, however, the movement outperforms other industries and notable, successful companies -- but still has some ground to make up if it is to reflect true equality."
Cheryl Brown, chief people and organizational...
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