March 2nd, 2020158For the eighth consecutive year, LGE Community Credit Union has been awarded a Top Workplaces 2020 honor by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
This list is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by employee engagement technology partner Energage, LLC. The anonymous survey uniquely measures 15 drivers of engaged cultures that are critical that are critical to the success of any organization: including alignment, execution and connection.
"For more than a decade, the Top Workplaces award has helped organizations stand out among their competitors to attract talent," said Eric Rubino, CEO of...
February 27th, 2020182During its recent annual training day, MidSouth Community Federal Credit Union employees made a donation to help local homeless men and women.
The employees donated items to the Daybreak Day Resource Center, a division of DePaul USA, which is a national nonprofit organziation providing services to homeless men and women across the nation. Every weekday in Macon, an average of 100 homeless mena nd women visit Daybreak to receive services that can help them overcome the immediate crisis of homelessness. Those services include: housing placement, case management, breakfast and snacks, laundry facilities, showers, a free health clinic,...
February 24th, 20201196Kinetic Credit Union recently awarded its Golden Apple award to a deserving third-grade teacher at Blanchard Elementary School in Columbus.
Kinetic awards this honor to local teachers in conjunction with WRBL, a local TV station.
According to a WRBL article, this most recent Golden Apple went to third-grade teacher Janet Malcomb, who was nominated by Africa Lattimore, the mother of one of her students.
Lattimore told WRBL that "Ms. Malcomb applies great effort into ensuring all of her students are successful."
For more information, read the full WRBL article here.
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February 20th, 2020078Delta Community Credit Union recently donated a total of $20,000 to two deserving local charities, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution article.
The credit union donated $10,000 each to MUST Ministries and the Tommy Nobis Center.
The money going toward MUST will support the charity's Neighborhood Pantry Program, which work out of Cobb and Cherokee county school to support families in those areas. The donation to Tommy Nobis will go toward its Early Youth Employment Services program, which offers job training, education and other skills for high school students with disabilities.
For more information, read the full AJC...
February 18th, 20203140Coosa Valley Credit Union runs a regular feature called "Savings Corner" in local publication CoosaValleyNews.com. The credit union's latest column deals with refinancing auto loans. Below is an excerpt from that feature:
Most of us have heard of mortgage refinancing, but oftentimes, I come across people who don't realize that they can refinance their auto loans as well. Refinancing your auto loan could get you a lower interest rate or allow you to remove a cosigner from your loan, especially if your credit score has recently improved. The good news is, this process is usually much simpler than refinancing a home loan. It's simple and...
February 17th, 20200125Outset, a personal finance blog powered by Medium.com, recently featured Georgia's Own Credit Union Principle Experience Officer Adam Marlowe as one of several experts in an article posing the question: "How many credit cards should I have?"
Marlowe was quoted along with Crediful CEO Chane Steiner as well as Former Financial Advisor and author Krista Goodrich. Below is how Marlowe answered the personal finance question:
A good rule of thumb is to open up to 3, even if you don't plan on using them. Having open lines for long periods of time looks good for potential lenders. Just make certain to conduct one transaction annually on each...
February 17th, 20200114Each year, Robins Financial Credit Union selects an Employee of the Year, a Manager of the Year and a Branch of the Year.
The Manager of the Year and the Employee of the Year are selected by management based on their outstanding work performance and written recommendations from their peers. They represent the best of the best among employees at Robins Financial.
In addition, Robins Financial management selects a branch of the year based on performance and the contribution the branch makes to the community and to the credit union over all.
The winners chosen for 2019 were as follows:
Barbara Mead, the manager of the Houston Lake...
February 12th, 20201197Altamaha Federal Credit Union is officially Wayne County's favorite credit union.
The readership of the Press-Sentinel -- a local paper covering the Georgia county -- voted Altamaha Federal Credit Union as Wayne County's Favorite Credit Union during the newspaper's 2019 annual Readership Contest. Cheryl Spires, president and CEO of the Altamaha FCU, said the win happened completely organically.
"We won this honor this year without a campaign," Spires said. "Nobody went out in the community and asked members to vote for us. I didn't even so much as ask staff to vote on the credit union's behalf. So, it was really a pleasant...
February 11th, 20203185Georgia United Credit Union recently announced the appointment of Cindy Connelly as its new senior vice president of governmental affairs.
Connelly will be responsible for developing and direction strategy with state and local government authorities, according to a Metro Atlanta CEO article. She'll also be collaborating with industry advocates to build strategic alliances and relationships. To accomplish these goals, Connelly will leverage her vast and successful experience advocating for credit unions with legislators and regulators.
"We are proud Cindy has joined the Georgia United family," said Georgia United President and CEO...
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