January 15th, 2020202130Listeerhill Credit Union recently celebrated the groundbreaking for its new flagship location, a member service center designed around delivering value, convenience and a great experience.
"The cornerstone of this experience is the utilization of new technology in SmartATMs capable of delivering full account services 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with our without a teller," Listerhill President and CEO Brad Green told the Courier Journal. "People have the ability to choose the personal service of a teller or automated service."
The SmartATMs also provide functionality after hours and on weekends.
The new center will be located...
January 15th, 2020118166CreditUnionBusiness.com recently ran a full-length feature on Publix Employees Federal Credit Union to highlight the way its new chief marketing officer plans to strengthen its unique membership with the popular grocery store chain.
PEFCU created the chief marketing officer position and hired Shannon Patten as part of a recent restructuring of the leadership team, meant to support the growing credit union as well as its growing member base. Patten, who has been a member of PEFCU since she worked at Publix as a cashier 25 years ago, said she sees a strong connection between the credit union and the grocery store.
"It is clear to me that...
January 15th, 20203079A deserving AP history teacher's classroom received a $319 donation thanks to an award program funded in part by North Alabama Educators Credit Union.
Chris Murdock, an AP history teacher and basketball coach at Fayetteville High School, is the first winner of Tools for Teacher this year, according to a WHNT News article. This collaboration between the news station, North Alabama Educators and Yellowhammer Roofing awards public school teachers who go above and beyond teaching grades K-12.
Gabby Flynt, one of Murdock's students wrote in to the TV station to nominate her teacher.
"For a student to think of me like that and to put me...
January 14th, 20200107For the second year in a row, Georgia's Own Credit Union has committed to providing free Wi-Fi at Atlanta's Woodruff Park.
When the program began in October 2018, about 376 unique users logged on for 736 total sessions, according to a City Biz List article. Now, just over two years later, approximately 1,000 users log onto the free Wi-Fi each month.
>>Related: Partnership including Georgia's Own Credit Union brings free Wi-Fi to downtown Atlanta park<<
The Wi-Fi acts as a convenience for the countless members of Atlanta's business community who frequent the park -- but it also serves a humanitarian purpose....
January 14th, 202028115From May 2019 until December 2019, eCo Credit Union -- which always prioritizes providing financial education to members and the community -- gave members an extra incentive to save through its Financial Fitness program.
Through this program, members who opened a specific account and had a balance increase of at least $25 per month were entered to win prizes. Each month, five random winners were selected to receive $100, and at the end of the year, a member whose balance increased by $25 every month was randomly chosen to receive $5,000.
"We want to see our members achieve their financial dreams," said eCO CEO Joey Hand. "The Financial...
January 13th, 2020271Georgia United Foundation recently announced the launch of their 26th annual High School Competition which offers four college scholarship opportunities totaling $27,500.
High school seniors planning to attend college or a technical school during the 2020-2021 school year are encouraged to apply online by Feb. 28.
Students can showcase their creativity through a 1-minute video submission answering the following question:
Georgia United was founded on the principle of supporting the community through education. How are you going to use your education to help your community?
Additional consideration will be given to students'...
January 13th, 202029139CreditUnions.com recently published a full feature on Listerhill Credit Union's ambitious new product development strategy.
According to the article, the Alabama-based credit union wants to be known for providing the best member experience possible -- a goal that has led the credit union to completely re-envision its strategy, operations and more. Listerhill has put together a series of "high performing teams -- an organizational development concept in which a tight-knit group of employees with complementary skill sets align around a clearly-defined common goal," according to the article.
The credit union launched five of these...
January 10th, 2020273Thanks to a $19,000 donation made, in part, by LGE Community Foundation -- the nonprofit arm of LGE Community Credit Union -- thousands of Marietta and Cobb County students will be able to eat a hot meal.
The donation paid off school meal debt in the two counties, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution article. That allowed roughly 44,900 low-income students to receive free and reduced-price lunches in their school cafeterias.
LGE Community Foundation was one of three top donors who donated $9,000 to Marietta's Lunch Angel's program, according to the article. The Cobb County Police Department and the Fraternal Order of Police...
January 10th, 202030121Pensacola News Journal recently highlighted the growth of credit unions -- particularly the largest two in the city, Navy Federal Credit Union and Pen Air Federal Credit Union.
Below is an excerpt from that article.
Both Navy Federal Credit Union and Pen Air Federal Credit Union are undergoing expansions of their offices and hiring more employees, with Navy Federal working to double the square footage of its campus and reach 10,000 employees and Pen Air constructing a new corporate campus with the hopes of eventually growing by another 100 employees.
Area experts said there are a number of reasons why credit union growth is taking...
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