October 18th, 2022146Birmingham, Ala. – Avadian Credit Union announces the expansion of its Business Services Lending Team to strengthen its ability to serve its business members with their lending needs.
The team will be led by Larry J. Uptain, who was promoted to Commercial Lending Manager, and include Blake Watkins, Clint Phillips and Quintin Milton.
In creating the team, Watkins was hired as Senior Business Loan Officer and Phillips as Business Loan Officer while Milton was promoted to Business Loan Officer.
“The additions to this team reflect Avadian’s focus on growing its service to the business sector, and, specifically, business...
October 17th, 2022242Lake Mary, Fla. (October 17, 2022) – Addition Financial is proud to welcome Qing Lu as the credit union’s new Chief Financial Officer.
With more than 18 years of financial experience, Qing previously served as the EVP/CFO at Farm Credit West in Rocklin, California, and as CFO at Northwest Community Credit Union in Eugene, Oregon. She has also worked in public accounting, healthcare and investment institutions, and is both a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified Treasury Professional (CTP).
“I love the collaborative and innovative corporate culture at Addition Financial,” said Qing. “Addition Financial is a...
October 17th, 20220113The Board of Directors of TVA Community Credit Union is pleased to announce that Sammy Clements has been chosen as its new Chief Executive Officer. Sammy Clements has worked in the financial services area for the past twenty five years. Thirteen of those most recent years of service have been with TVA Community Credit Union as its Executive Vice President. “We look forward to continued success under Sammy’s leadership. We will continue to work hard to enhance our member experience and grow our credit union. We are confident that Sammy will lead the way in making TVA Community Credit Union truly Everybody’s Credit Union”,...
October 14th, 2022151Marietta – October 14, 2022 – Credit Union of Georgia is hosting a local coat drive to collect clean gently worn or new coats. The last day to donate items will be Wednesday, November 9th at 5:00pm. Area residents are invited to make a difference in our local community by donating to the coat drive, helping Credit Union of Georgia and MUST Ministries keep our community and neighbors warm this winter! Coat donations can be dropped off at your nearest Credit Union of Georgia location.
“We are excited about our upcoming coat drive and invite the community to participate and support our efforts. All sizes and styles of winter coats are...
October 13th, 20221104Madison, Wis. – In late 2021, Filene fielded a system-wide analytics readiness survey to baseline and benchmark the readiness and maturity of credit unions’ data analytics and business intelligence capabilities. The analysis surfaced six critical drivers of readiness to help credit unions make sound investments in the people, processes, and technologies of data analytics.
It may come as a surprise to learn that of the six levers identified, the most critical lever to focus on to drive value from data analytics is one that is a low-cost but critical investment—changing the culture of your credit union to create a truly data-driven...
October 13th, 2022381Tampa, FL – October 13, 2022 – Zachary Churchill, vice president of finance at USF Federal Credit Union (USF FCU), was recently named 2022 Emerging Leader by the Credit Union Executives Society (CUES).
Churchill was selected to participate in the CUES Emerge program earlier this year, ultimately competing against other young credit union leaders for the prestigious award. Churchill’s winning business case was titled: The Case for a Data Analytics Team.
Churchill has 16 years of experience in the credit union industry in various leadership positions including: manager of internal audit, manager of consumer lending, manager of...
October 11th, 2022398MADISON, WI (October 11, 2022) – The National Credit Union Foundation (the Foundation) has announced two new grant opportunities to bolster credit unions’ ability to offer financial coaching and combat hunger.
Applications for both grants are now open and all credit unions are encouraged to apply.
“Recent data shows that the nation’s financial health continues to worsen through record-high inflation, economic uncertainty and widening wealth gap,” said Chad Helminak, the Foundation’s chief impact officer. “These two grants present a timely and important opportunity for credit unions to strengthen their commitment to...
October 7th, 2022463Fort Walton Beach, Fla. (Oct. 7, 2022) - Eglin Federal Credit Union is pleased to announce Bron Ringstad of Niceville has been named the VP of Branch Operations. Ringstad earned his bachelor’s degree in business management from Florida State University and has been a manager for the Credit Union since 2009. In his new role, Ringstad will continue the work he has been doing by providing employee development and support to branch personnel while focusing on financial education of products and services, membership growth, and positive member experiences.
“This is a well-deserved promotion for Bron,” said SVP of Branch Operations Kim...
October 7th, 2022193Fort Walton Beach, Fla. (Oct. 7, 2022) - Eglin Federal Credit Union was honored to present Silver Sands School a check in the amount of $6,000 at the Fort Walton Beach Chamber breakfast on Friday, Oct. 7. EFCU is adopting all 17 classrooms at Silver Sands School for the academic year through the EFCU CARES program.
Silver Sands Principal Stephanie Wheat said, “Our faculty at Silver Sands School are so appreciative of the support from EFCU. This funding will go directly into the individual classrooms and will provide each teacher with the resources that they need to support the specialized student learning that is provided daily. We...
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