January 21st, 20224129Naperville, Ill. (January 21, 2022) – Alloya Corporate Federal Credit Union has introduced a new educational community for faster and real-time payments. The community, titled Alloya Insights: Faster Payments, is designed to help credit unions better understand the rapidly evolving landscape of faster and real-time payments, establish a community where credit unions can learn from and help one another, and develop and implement a faster payments member experience strategy.
“The Clearing House’s RTP® Network will celebrate its fifth anniversary this year, and this time next year we’ll be looking forward to the launch of the...
January 20th, 20221105Warner Robins, GA — Robins Financial Credit Union recently donated new lectern desks to Peach County High School. These lecterns will be used by teachers that travel to various classrooms.
Peach County High School, formerly Fort Valley High, was built in 1927 when the Fort Valley Public School outgrew its original building. After several additions to the building throughout the years, the new Peach County High School is in its inaugural year for the 2021/2022 school year. The school has several teachers that have to travel around to various classrooms and these mobile desks will provide them the ease to do that with their...
January 19th, 2022176DULUTH, GA (January 13, 2022) – Georgia United Foundation is pleased to provide free Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) for the 17th year for the Athens and Dalton communities, thanks to a longstanding partnership with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Dalton State College, University of Georgia (UGA) and Georgia United Credit Union.
The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program is open to all low to moderate income taxpayers, without depreciable assets, business losses or extensive stock transactions. Dalton State and UGA students are IRS-certified tax preparers and earn academic credit for their participation in the VITA...
January 19th, 2022180Lake Mary, Fla. (January 19, 2022) – To celebrate 85 years of service to the Central Florida community, Addition Financial has launched a charitable foundation. The Addition Financial Foundation, whose mission is “to foster empowerment in our community through financial education and charitable giving,” will focus heavily on supporting education-based initiatives and underserved communities.
“At Addition Financial, we believe in the power of giving back because it is the right thing to do. Although the credit union has an extensive record of charitable donations in Central Florida, we look forward to making an even greater impact...
January 19th, 20223315Tallahassee, FL (January 2022) – The Board of Directors and Management of FLAG Credit Union announced today that the credit union’s membership has voted to merge with Bay Credit Union. Effective April 1, 2022, FLAG will be known as FLAG Credit Union, a division of Bay Credit Union.
The vote came to fruition after careful evaluation of the credit union’s long-term needs. According to FLAG CU’s Chairman of the Board, Thomas
James, “We recognized the values of Bay Credit Union were closely aligned with FLAG, and we know that by combining resources, we can both provide an elevated level of service to our members.”
“The...
January 18th, 2022383Fort Walton Beach, Fla. - Eglin Federal Credit Union is proud to once again support the United Way Emerald Coast’s 28th Annual Day of Caring. Twenty-three employees painted and landscaped at the Emerald Coast Science Center in Fort Walton Beach and at the Crestview Manor in Crestview on Friday, Jan. 14. This year’s Day of Caring aligned with Martin Luther King Day’s National Day of Service celebrated on Monday, Jan. 17.
“In the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., life’s most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others?” said United Way Emerald Coast’s President and CEO Kelly Jasen. “Eglin Federal...
January 18th, 2022692JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – First Florida Credit Union will open its newly relocated Southpoint branch on Monday, Jan. 31. The branch is located at 6622 Southpoint Dr. S., Suite 100, only a half-mile away from the credit union’s current Southpoint location.
Highlights of the new branch include an on-site café, a coin counter machine with no fee to members, walk-up ATM and drive-thru service, and ample parking with a designated members-only spaces. Hours of operation will remain the same.* The credit union’s current Southpoint branch, located at 4230 Southpoint Parkway S., will remain open until Friday, Jan. 28.
Brent Lister, president...
January 13th, 2022159Daleville, Ala. (January 13, 2022) — All In Credit Union employees donated to families and individuals in need this holiday season by partnering with several local charitable organizations. As part of the Credit Union’s annual tradition, All In employees came together in a company-wide effort to collect gifts for children and seniors and decorate Christmas trees for local nursing homes.
Kathy Scarbrough, All In Vice President of Marketing, stated, “It’s incredible to see the level of giving by All In employees. They look forward to this time of year and the chance it provides to give back to our seniors and children.”
As part...
January 12th, 2022171ORLANDO, Fla., and LOS ANGELES, Calif., January XX, 2021 – Addition Financial Credit Union, with more than $2 billion in assets and 155,000 members across Florida, today announced it has partnered with Zest AI, a leader in software for AI-driven lending, to expand credit access safely to more members.
“At Addition Financial, we’re always looking for ways to give our members more and Zest’s software gives us the ability to say yes more often to members across the credit spectrum and across all our consumer lending products,” says Miriam Mitchell, Senior Vice President of Lending at Addition Financial.
Zest software lets credit...
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