August 10th, 2018373GoBankingRates.com, a personal finance news site, recently reviewed Associated Credit Union.
"Associated Credit Union offers customers a range of banking products with competitive interest rates," according to the review.
GoBankingRates also touched on Associated CU's use of the CO-OP ATM network and the CO-OP shared branch network and highlighted the APYs on its CU $aveMore account as well as its five-year TDA.
Click here to read the full review.
August 9th, 2018290Peach State Federal Credit Union has partnered with Purple Heart Homes to help renovate homes for veterans in need in Larenceville, Ga.
Purple Heart Homes is a 501(c)3 public charity dedicated to providing functional housing for for service-connected disabled veterans. There are 9.3 million veterans in the U.S. who are 65 and older.
"As many homeowners know, it is costly to maintain a home. Consider how hard it is for a 68-year-old Vietnam veteran living on a fixed income that had been exposed to Agent Orange and suffers from Parkinson's to get a simple ramp installed or a doorway widened," said John Gallina, executive director and...
August 8th, 2018090California credit unions are hanging on after suffering through wildfires one credit union executive described as "apocalyptic," according to CUNA's news site.
As of Tuesday morning, there were 18 large wildfires burning across California.
"I don't want to overstate it, but this is apocalyptic, even by California standards," said John Cassidy, CEO of Sierra Central Credit Union. "These are some of the hottest fires ever recorded because of the type of timber and brush firefighters have to deal with."
Nine of Sierra Central CU's 24 employees in the area were temporarily displaced from their homes and at least 49 of the credit...
August 7th, 20180104Georgia United Credit Union will celebrate its 60th anniversary by giving $100 to 60 people this month.
"We are honored to celebrate this 60 year milestone with our members," said Georgia United President and CEO Debbie Smith. "We know that although our members have options, they have chosen to be a part of the Georgia United family. That's what makes these moments so special and what drives us to continue to innovate and give back to our communities. It's our privilege to help our members make their financial dreams a reality."
Georgia United was originally established in 1958 as DeKalb County Teachers Federal Credit Union by Vernon...
August 7th, 20180242On July 26, almost 200 people attended a cookout to honor Fort McPherson Credit Union's 70th anniversary.
"I'm so happy we're getting to 70 years," said Fort McPherson Credit Union Board Chairman Norman LaBrecque. "I think it's a tribute to the people who work here and really believe in the credit union. The staff has a commitment to serving members and trying to improve financial situations. They never lose sight of serving those members."
FMCU opened in 1948, after a group of civilians working at Fort McPherson gathered money into a cigar box to begin their own credit union. In the years that followed, the credit union quickly...
August 6th, 20183119Peach State Federal Credit Union's branch in Aiken County, S.C. has teamed up with Aiken Works to provide an apprenticeship opportunity to students in Aiken County Public Schools.
Aiken Works, an initiative of the county's public school program, teams up with local companies to prepare students for the workforce through hands-on, paid experiences, according to the Aiken Standard. The program aims to help students develop skills that will help them get jobs matching the communities needs.
Peach State Federal Credit Union, one of more than a dozen businesses participating in the initiative, will offer a teller position to...
August 6th, 20181109Delta Community Credit Union recently welcomed 21 local high school students to work in its retail branches throughout metro Atlanta.
The 11th and 12th graders, participants in Delta Community’s High School Apprentice Program, these 11th and 12th graders will receive job training, career opportunities and a paycheck, according to a Marietta Daily Journal article. They're trained like regular employees and are expected to work between 15 and 20 hours per week on top of their regular school course load.
“By providing these students professional and financial literacy training, we’re helping prepare them for success long after...
August 3rd, 20183356Georgia's Own Credit Union recently made history as the first Georgia credit union to acquire a bank.
The $2.3 billion-asset institution finalized the acquisition of the State Bank of Georgia on Thursday. The transaction was first proposed late last year, according to a Credit Union Journal article.
"We're excited to be a part of this historical moment in Georgia's financial arena, but even more so to be gaining employees and members from an organization whose extremely high service standards and commitment to member prosperity so closely mirrors our own," said Georgia's Own President/CEO Dave Preter. "In addition, the connection...
August 2nd, 20182129The Atlanta Business Chronicle recently ran a Q&A with Delta Community Credit Union, one of the finalists in the paper's annual Annual Best Places to Work contest.
>>Related: Delta Community Credit Union named as finalist for Atlanta Business Chronicle's 2018 Best Places to Work awards<<
The Best Place to Work Awards gives the ABC a chance to highlight successful companies who are going above and beyond to keep their workforce happy. Delta Community is one of 10 finalists in the awards’ Extra Large category, which consists of companies with 500 or more employees.
The ABC asked Delta Community CU a series of...
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