October 18th, 2019192Associated Credit Union celebrated the grand opening of its new Decatur Branch location on Oct. 4.
ACU executives and staff gathered with representatives from the City of Decatur, the DeKalb County Chamber and the League of Southeastern Credit Unions. The new branch's design and build partner, Consultants and Builders, Inc., also came to celebrate their latest project with ACU.
The new location in Decatur showcases ACU's branch design moving forward. The traditional teller line is non-existent which leads to an open space concept. A branch representative greets members at the door, and new technology -- including an Interactive Teller...
October 18th, 20190103Judy Kinney, senior vice president of branch delivery & operations at LGE Community Credit Union, was recently named to the 2019-2020 CUNA Operations & Member Experience Council Executive Committee.
Kinney joins 10 other executives from credit unions around the country on this council.
Also featured in: CUNA Councils, CUNA News
October 18th, 2019087LGE Community Credit Union is an official champion of the Cyber Readiness Program: a free, online resource for small-to-medium size businesses offered through the Cyber Readiness Institute.
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness month and the perfect time to announce LGE's recent alignment with the Cyber Readiness Institute as an official member of the Cyber Readiness Champions network. As a champion, LGE makes member businesses, vendors and the public aware of the Cyber Readiness Program: a credible, free way for users to learn abut cyberscurity basics and take actionable steps to reduce risk.
The Cyber Readiness Program combines...
October 18th, 2019050Georgia United Credit Union recently announced that it would be moving its Tucker branch to a new location in order to better serve members in that community.
The new branch, scheduled to open Oct. 28, offers enhanced street-level visibility, improved ease of access and a new drive-up ATM. The interior features a modern aesthetic, an open layout, added office spaces and additional space for meetings.
The new branch will be located at 3824 Lavista Road in Tucker. The current branch -- located at 3840 Lavista Road -- will stay open for normal business hours through Oct. 25. Members are welcome to visit the new branch Oct. 28.
An...
October 18th, 2019078Georgia United Credit Union recently welcomed Stephanie Zuleger as its new chief lending officer.
Zuleger -- who will sit on Georgia United's executive leadership team and will report to Executive Vice President Shawn Turpin -- comes with 15 years of credit union experience. Most recently, she held the
position of chief lending officer and chief experience officer at Y-12 Federal Credit Union in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
In addition ot her extensive credit union experience, Zuleger has been honored with the Credit Union Times Women to Watch Award in 2016 and the CUNA Lending Council's Rising Star award in 2017. As an active conference...
October 18th, 20192150
The music room at Cousins Middle School is one of 10 school facilities that will receive a grant toward a makeover as part of Georgia United Credit Union's School Crashers program.
>>RELATED: Georgia United Credit Union wins national recognition for School Crashers Program<<
Leigh Gant, business development officer at Georgia United Credit Union, surprised music teacher Krista Firkus with the announcement during a special-called faculty meeting at the school recently, according to a Rockdale-Newton Citizen article.
"I'm so incredibly grateful to Georgia United for the School Crashers Grant," Firkus told...
October 16th, 20190134Mercy Federal Credit Union's CEO was recently named to Georgia Southern University's '40 Under 40' Class of 2019, according to Savannah Business Journal.
Clint Smith earned a bachelor's degree in finance from Georgia Southern in 2006.
The '40 Under 40' honorees were chosen by a selection committee that reviewed each individual's professional expertise, achievements, dedication to charitable and communitiy initiatives and their commitment ot Georgia Southern.
The full list of '40 Under 40' Class of 2019 honorees is available here.
Also featured in: Savannah Business Journal, Savannah CEO...
October 8th, 2019079Associated Credit Union kicked off October and Breast Cancer Awareness Month with a mobile mammogram truck from Quantum Radiology at their main office location on Oct. 7, according to a CUInsight article.
Employees and employees' families were able to set up appointment times to get checked in the mammogram mobile. Twenty employees and family members of employees signed up to participate and be screened at no cost.
Women should begin receiving annual screenings at the age of 40, and annual mammograms can help detect cancer early.
"We know it can be difficult to schedule the time to go to the doctor's office and get a yearly...
October 1st, 20191108
Local radio station 13WMAZ recently named one of MidSouth Credit Union's student tellers as its Athlete of the Week.
The following is an excerpt from that article.
is full-tilt on the Cross Country and Track courses, holding school records in the 800, 1600 3200 and 5000 meters. He's also full-speed in the classroom with a 3.9 GPA a job at MidSouth Credit Union in Macon as a teller. Sparrow has been working since he was 14 -- first, mowing lawns in the summertime, and now, at the . He says it's helped him develop as a person."It's definitely helping me with my social skills as far as not being a social butterfly. It's helping me to...
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