September 28th, 20181155Peach State Federal Credit Union recently held a ribbon cutting for the grand opening of its 22nd branch.
Local officials, credit union staff and community leaders attended the event to celebrate the opening of the newest fully-service branch, located in LaFayette, Ga. The location features both a drive thru and an ATM.
"Highly trained tellers and member service advisers will be able to help members with all of their financial needs and assist them with finding the right products and services," said Crystal Schmidt, senior vice president of branch operations for Peach State. "The branch also has a fireplace for a cozy, welcoming...
September 26th, 201826172This article was written by Angi Harben, director of communications at GCUA.
Compliance officers oversee the regulations, policies and procedures of an organization. In the highly regulated credit union environment, where non-compliance can come with a heavy toll, compliance officers are crucial to protecting credit unions and their members. According to NationalCalendarDay.com, SAI Global created the concept of National Compliance Officer Day to fall on Sept. 26 every year in appreciation for the important role compliance officers play in global business.
“Compliance officers are critical to financial institutions – they help...
September 26th, 201828107Delta Community Credit Union recently presented $7,500 to two charities that support homeless teen mothers and uninsured patients in several Georgia counties.
>>Related: Delta Community Credit Union seeking entries in annual philanthropic fund program<<
"These organizations provide valuable support to people who are working hard to maintain stable homes, as well as their families' physical health," Delta Community Credit Union CEO Hank Halter told the Marietta Daily Journal. "We're proud to support their efforts."
Delta Community awarded a $2,500 grant to Healing Bridge Clinic to help the organization provide free...
September 26th, 20181225Robins Financial Credit Union recently celebrated three of its employees that shone the brightest in the second quarter.
Each quarter, Robins selects three employees that represented the best of the best in three categories: manager, support department staff and branch staff. Employees are selected by management based on their outstanding work performance and written recommendations from their peers. The winners chosen for the second quarter of 2018 are as follows:
Tammy Brown, assistant manager of payment services. Brown has been employed by Robins Financial Credit Union for 14 years and has an Accredited ACH Professional...
September 25th, 20180126A Fiserv company recently named Robins Financial Credit Union, based in Warner Robbins, Ga., as a top performing credit union in the country.
Raddon, a company and provider of innovative research in Illinois, awarded Robins and 21 other credit unions its annual Crystal Performance Award for credit unions, based on bench-marked data from Raddon, according to Credit Union Times.
"It is an honor for the ninth year in a row to be recognized as one of the top performing credit unions in the country," said John Rhea, president and CEO of Robins Financial Credit Union. "The results are attributed to our extraordinary staff who help improve...
September 25th, 20180111Delta Community Credit Union recently hosted the Cobb County Chamber of Commerce Chairman's Club, according to a Marietta Daily Journal article.
More than 80 guests attended the reception to welcome new members of the club.
For more information, read the full Marietta Daily Journal article here.
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September 25th, 201830120CORE Credit Union will soon break ground on a new main office in the Market District of Statesboro.
CORE's new two-story, 10,000-square-foot main branch will include several technology upgrades as well as a multi-lane drive through. The new location, expected to open in early 2019, will set the stage for the growth coming in CORE's future, according to a Statesboro Herald article.
CORE is in the midst of its first merger with Georgia's second oldest credit union, Savannah Federal Credit Union, which was founded in 1931. Once the merger is complete, the credit union will have almost $100 million in assets.
"We understand growth is...
September 24th, 201831301Associated Credit Union recently cut the ribbon on their educational storefront at the Mike and Lynn Cottrell Junior Achievement Discovery Center at North Georgia.
"We are thrilled to be part of Junior Achievement," said Mark Waller, COO of associated Credit Union. "Not only will we be helping children learn more about finances and how to prepare for the future, but we will also be greatly impacting the teachers and parents of the communities that we serve in Dawson and Hall counties."
>>Related: Georgia United Credit Union cuts ribbon on educational storefront<<
Junior Achievement provides children with an...
September 24th, 20180131Credit Union Times recently published an article discussing winning strategies for small credit unions — prominently featuring Gainesville's HALLCO Community Credit Union.
The article asserted that HALLCO's leadership has correctly identified the "right focus" for the credit union with about about 83.1 million in assets. That focus has allowed the credit union to grow its assets by about 300 percent in a dozen years.
"I thought we were a mile wide and an inch deep, and the board did as well," HALLCO President and CEO Joe Foster told the Credit Union Times. "We were kind of meandering around and did not have a value proposition. So we...
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