April 13th, 2020062Local economies across Alabama, Florida and Georgia are about to receive an injection of support, thanks to local credit unions in partnership with the Southeastern Credit union Foundation (SECUF).
Considering the COVID-19 pandemic’s detrimental effect on local businesses, the SECUF has invited League of Southeastern Credit Unions (LSCU) credit unions in its three-state footprint to join the #CreditUnionsCareChallenge. By doing so, credit unions commit at least $25 per employee; which the employee will use to carry out a good deed in their community while supporting a local business of their choice. Employees are encouraged to follow...
April 8th, 20202685McCoy Federal Credit Union and partners of 27 Community Connection sponsored Walk For Wishes in Orlando, FL, a nationwide Make-A-Wish fundraiser celebrating over 315,000 wishes granted to critically ill children since the foundation’s inception in 1980. Each year, 15,800 life-changing wishes are endowed to children nationwide to give them, their families and care givers renewed energy, strength, excitement, and optimism.
Walk For Wishes in Orlando, FL surpassed their fundraising goal, raising over $400,307 to bestow children’s wishes ranging from a day at Disney to meeting their heroes.
McCoy Federal Credit Union embodies the...
March 25th, 202033123America’s credit unions have been working diligently to meet the financial needs of the states’ families and businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
The League of Southeastern Credit Unions (LSCU) is the regional trade association representing credit unions in the states of Alabama, Florida and Georgia. On behalf of our member credit unions, we want to share the following important information with you. The Georgia Credit Union Association – a subsidiary of LSCU representing Georgia credit unions – recently partnered with the state’s banking trade associations to spread similar information.
Here are some key...
March 17th, 202031113A former VyStar Credit Union board member is running for an open city council position in Surprise, Ariz., according to an AZCentral article.
Wendell Fountain served on the board of VyStar Credit Union in Jacksonville, Fla., for 25 years before moving to Arizona. As a candidate for city council, he wants to ensure the city experiences controlled growth, pays attention to its water supply and brings in new business, according to the article.
"I want to do everything I can to make this place a better place than how I found it," Fountain told AZCentral.
For more information, rad the full article here.
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Small businesses fuel the economic engine of the United States. In 2019 alone, they added 1.8 million net new jobs and employed 47.3% of the private workforce. Small-business owners, however, face myriad challenges when it comes to transitioning their work from a scrappy startup to an established enterprise.
Five years ago,...
March 16th, 20203102MagnifyMoney, a personal finance blog powered by Lending Tree, recently named Delta Community Credit Union's mobile app as 'Best Overall.'
The blog made this assertion in its article titled Mobile Banking App Ratings 2020, in which it recorded nearly 20 million app user ratings on the Google Play and Apple App Store as of December 2019. The final score for each app was based on these ratings, via a weighted average of iOS and Android ratings that factored in the number of reviews on each platform, according to the articles.
By these metrics, Delta Community Credit Union had the best mobile app of all banks and credit unions. In fact,...
March 16th, 2020071First Florida Credit Union is constructing a new branch, according to an article in The Coastal.
The credit union recently received a permit for the construction of a 2,960-foot branch located on Tamaya Boulevard in Jacksonville, Fla. First Florida Credit Union currently has 14 branches throughout Florida. Approximately six of those branches serve Jacksonville.
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March 13th, 2020196The president of the Punta Gorda Rotary Club recently wrote a letter to the Sun Port Charlotte thanking all those in the area who helped host Taste of Punta Gorda and Beyond, including Suncoast Credit Union.
The president, James Williams, explained in his letter than all funds from the event went toward local charitable organizations, local emergency relief funds and international charitable projects. The credit union acted as a major sponsor of the event, along with Publix Super Markets, Ingman Marine, McCrory Law Firm and Sysco West Coast Florida.
"Our community would be much poorer without your generous contributions," Williams...
March 13th, 20201239Delta Community Credit Union recently welcomed Carisa Buffington as the new branch manager at its Johns Creek location, according to a Johns Creek Herald article.
Buffington, while new to Johns Creek, has years of experience leading credit union teams in Duluth, Buford and Suwanee. She was tapped to lead the Johns Creek branch after former manager Jenn Dietzel was promoted to the credit union's residential lending team.
Delta Community has about 65,000 members in Fulton County and many of them visit the John's Creek branch regularly.
For more information, read the full Johns Creek Herald article here.
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