March 27th, 2025024Aiken, SC – Representatives from SRP Federal Credit Union and the University of South Carolina Aiken gathered on March 21 to celebrate the unveiling of a newly designed classroom and hallway dedicated to financial education at the university.
The new learning space will host Pacer $mart, a financial education program created in partnership between SRP and USCA’s School of Business Administration. Designed to equip college and high school students with financial knowledge, the program covers key personal finance topics, including budgeting, saving, credit, investing, insurance, taxes, and economics.
“The Pacer $mart program is a...
March 27th, 2025025Dallas, TX – The 2025 ALM First Financial Institute wrapped up yesterday after three days of educational sessions at The Ritz-Carlton Dallas, Las Colinas. ALM First’s experts closed the industry-leading conference with general sessions focused on Opportunities in the Secondary Loan Market, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Enterprise Risk Management: A Strategic Holistic Approach.
The conference also included in-depth sessions categorized into three learning tracks, Board, Fundamental, and Funds Management—featuring paths for both balance sheet and investment portfolio management professionals—which were customized to meet the...
March 27th, 2025045Press release courtesy of America’s Credit Unions
AUSTIN, TX – Chartway Credit Union was among 180 credit unions nationwide named as winners of the prestigious Diamond Award, the Marketing, PR & Development Council’s annual competition for marketing excellence.
Chartway received the following recognition: a Category’s Best Diamond Award in the category of Foreign Language or Multilingual Campaign for a 2024 ITIN lending for the Hispanic community campaign which helped Hispanic individuals with an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) obtain a loan for a home or automobile while building trust for Chartway within...
March 27th, 2025026Former Google DeepMind Leader and Intel Futurist to Share Insights on AI’s Impact on Lending.
Irvine, CA, March 27, 2025 – Origence, a leading provider of lending technology solutions, announced AI futurist Steve Brown as a keynote speaker for its Lending Tech Live ’25 conference, scheduled for June 16-18, 2025, at the Omni Nashville Hotel in Nashville, Tenn.
Steve Brown will deliver a keynote session titled “AI now and next: Getting ready for the future of AI.” In this session, he explains AI in accessible terms, demonstrates its latest capabilities, and details how companies and individuals can prepare to surf the coming...
March 27th, 2025052AUSTIN, TX – Henrico Federal Credit Union was among 180 credit unions nationwide named as winners of the prestigious Diamond Award – the Marketing, PR & Development Council’s annual competition for marketing excellence.
Henrico Federal Credit Union received the following recognition: Financial Education, The Pickle Project, created by Rachel Johnston, the Financial Education Specialist for Henrico Federal Credit Union.
The Marketing, PR & Development Council of America’s Credit Unions also announced the list of all winners for its annual Diamond Awards, recognizing the best marketing campaigns in the credit union...
March 26th, 2025014Dallas, TX – ALM First's Financial Institute commenced yesterday at The Ritz-Carlton Dallas, Las Colinas, welcoming a record 225 financial professionals with an Economic Overview tailored to financial institutions. Jason Haley, ALM First's Chief Investment Officer, addressed critical market themes impacting depositories in 2025.
From uncertainty surrounding tariffs to inflation levels and pockets of credit risk, depositories are facing an evolving set of challenges this year. The fundamentals for the economy are still sound, but negative trends in sentiment could slow spending, and choppiness is anticipated ahead.
“Everyone’s...
March 24th, 2025025Division reaches document stacking milestone with AI-Powered technology solution.
Irvine, Calif., – Origence Lending Services, a division of Origence, served 360,000 credit union members and grew to 167 credit unions funding $5 billion in 2024. The division also marked a significant milestone in document management, stacking, and processing more than 30 million documents since its launch of an advanced AI-powered solution in 2023. These numbers highlight another successful year of continued growth, providing scalable outsourced solutions designed to improve efficiencies and streamline operations for credit unions.
Origence...
March 24th, 2025023Naperville, Ill. – Alloya’s Board of Directors is proud to announce a $250,000 donation to America’s Credit Unions National Advocacy Fund on behalf of our 1,300+ credit union members.
“Alloya is inspired everyday by the great work of its credit union members. Credit unions’ business model is based on “people helping people” and has worked since 1934 to help Americans of all economic statuses to realize higher deposit rates, lower loan rates and lower fees. Credit unions are built around serving a community of people and have fulfilled this purpose at a very high level for a long period of time. People helping people should...
March 24th, 2025027Milestone event generates more than $18 million over the last 20 years.
Palos Verdes, CA, – The Credit Unions for Kids Wine Auction celebrated its 20th annual event, raising a record $2.2 million for 11 CMN Hospitals on March 14, 2025, at Terranea Resort in Palos Verdes, Calif., and launched with a new Leadership Summit featuring insightful sessions for credit union leaders. The annual event has raised more than $18 million for CMN Hospitals over the last 20 years.
Over 500 credit union leaders, business partners, and hospital representatives gathered for an evening of fine wine and spirited bidding. This year’s theme, “Rhapsody:...
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