April 8th, 201930150
Robins Financial Credit Union staff volunteered their Saturday to revitalize numerous homes in Warner Robins with Rebuilding Together.
Robins Financial Credit Union staff perform yard work and other needed tasks at Rebuilding Together Annual Work Day
Rebuilding Together is a nonprofit organization that aims to preserve affordable home ownership while revitalizing neighborhoods through free home repairs and modifications for neighbors in need. Robins Financial has partnered with Rebuilding Together for more than a decade on revitalization projects.
On April 6, credit union staff members spent the day pressure...
April 5th, 20190136
Coca-Cola Credit Union raised $2,000 for Children's Miracle Network benefiting Children's Healthcare of Atlanta in March 2019,
By selling old computer monitors and keyboards, credit union staff members were ablet o raise $2,000 in support of this non-profit organization that is close to the hearts of many credit unions around the country.
Several Coca-Cola Credit Union employees also donated their time to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Scottish Rite, where they served breakfast and a wide variety of Coca-Cola beverages to deserving children, parents and hospital staff.
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April 5th, 20190149
Georgia Credit Union Affiliates and Family First Credit Union were recently featured in an Atlanta Business Chronicle article titled Nonprofit Credit Unions Fill Financial Gap for Members.
Below is an excerpt from that article:
By design, credit unions fill a gap in the financial services industry. The nature of that gap is determined by the historical impetus that led to their establishment and the regulatory guidelines under which they operate. "Credit Unions are not-for-profit, member-owned financial institutions which exist solely to help consumers afford their lives," said Mike Mercer, president and CEO of Georgia Credit...
April 5th, 20190121
LGE Community Credit Union received several local and national recognition during the first quarter, including Atlanta Top Workplaces, Best of Cobb, and a CUNA Marketing and Business Development Council Diamond Award.
LGE was given a Top Workplaces honor by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution for the seventh year in a row. The list is based solely on employee feedback gathered from a third-party survey administered by research partner Energage, LLC, a leading provider of technology-based employee engagement tools.
The survey gathers responses to 24 factors covering seven areas, including organization health factors relating...
April 5th, 20190104
Robins Financial Credit Union recently contributed more than $96,000 to the United Way of Central Georgia.
This contribution was a combination of Robins Financial Credit Union's annual employee campaign along with sponsorships. A total of 82 percent of the employees pledged more than $57,000 from their employee campaign.
Also featured in: CUSocialGood, CUInsight, 13 WMAZ
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April 3rd, 20191154
Georgia Credit Union Affiliates, the state trade association for credit unions, has announced the 2018 winners of several statewide awards recognizing outstanding contributions to Georgia credit unions and their members.
“These honorees have taken to heart the credit union mission to help people afford life,” said Terry Hardy, president and CEO of Members First Credit Union and chair of the Georgia Credit Union League board of directors.
The Moses C. Davis Lifetime Achievement Award honors credit union leaders who have devoted a major portion of their careers to creating identifiable and lasting improvements for credit unions....
April 2nd, 201927131
Peach State Federal Credit union recently hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the grand reopening of their branch located at the Richmond County Board of Education.
Local officials, credit union staff and community leaders were in attendance for the ribbon cutting. The branch went through a full renovation over the winter break and officially reopened Feb. 19.
"We wanted the renovation to not only give the branch a more modern feel, but also open up the space, and make it feel more inviting," said Crystal Schmidt, Peach State senior vice president of branch operations. "The branch is staffed by the same great team to...
April 1st, 201954417
Many Georgia credit union members, like consumers across the country, seem to be steering away from purchasing and financing new vehicles.
As of the end of 2018, about 2.2 million Georgians were members of credit unions – about 21 percent of the state’s population.
That segment of the state has shown a cooling interest in new auto loans over the past five years, according to data from the Credit Union National Association. In 2013, Georgia credit unions reported a 13.7 percent growth in new auto loans. The very next year, new auto lending exploded at the not-for-profit institutions, which reported 30.8 percent growth.
New...
March 22nd, 201928125
Kristen A. Patton, senior vice president of marketing at Peach State Federal Credit Union, recently sat down with Credit Union Journal to discuss the credit union's decision to change its name from Gwinnett Federal Credit Union to Peach State Federal Credit Union in 2013.
Below is an excerpt from the piece:
Kristen A. Patton, senior vice president of marketing at Peach State in Lawrenceville, Ga., said that the Gwinnett name no longer accurately reflected its membership base and footprint. At that time, the credit union had more than 41,000 members in seven counties throughout the state with more than 60 percent of those members...
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