April 26th, 20181344Atlanta Postal Credit Union recently announced the hiring of a new vice president of Operations.
Katie Kosmala will become the new VP, working closely with the credit union's branch managers to ensure branches remain focused on giving outstanding service to members while continuing to maintain a high level of operational excellence.
Kosmala has been working for APCU since April 2014. Most recently, she served as APCU's eServices Manager.
April 24th, 201830371The World Council of Credit Unions Board of Directors recently approved the membership application for the Credit Unions of Agro-Industrial Association of Kazakhstan.
"Extending our welcome to the first ever member from Kazakhstan to the World Council's membership base, we support their active participation and are pleased to continually expand the reach of the global credit union movement," said WOCCU President and CEO Brian Branch.
The Kazakhstan Agro-Industrial Association was established in 2013 to provide representation, advocacy, promotion, information, education, traning and marketing services for credit unions in...
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Peach State Federal Credit Union will sponsor five high school culinary students on their journey to a national competition at the end of the month.
The Meadowcreek High School students earned top honors in the 2018 Hospitality Foundation of Georgia ProStart State Championship. Their teacher, Chef Simone Byron, won the 2018 ProStart Teacher of the Year honor.
Byron and her students will represent Georgia at the national competition in Providence, RI, from April 27 until April 29. The students received some financial support from the school for the trip, but needed sponsorship to cover the remaining expenses. Earlier in April, the...
April 23rd, 20182126The National Credit Union Administration is considering an appeal to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia's ruling that vacated two provisions of the agency's fild-of-membership rule, according to a Credit Union National Association press release.
NCUA filed a notice with the court April 19, which set forth the agency's implementation plan to comply with the ruling. The notice indicates that while new communutiy charters will no longer be granted on the basis of the expanded definition o rural district and combined statistical areal, credit unions will not be required to de-list members that joined prior to April 4, 2018,...
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Georgia credit unions finished 2017 with strong loan growth aided by near cyclical highs in U.S. consumer confidence.
Lending at Georgia credit unions grew by 1.8 percent in the fourth quarter – eclipsing the third quarter’s 1.5 percent rate but landing short of the 3.2 percent rate in the fourth quarter of 2016, according to data collected by the Credit Union National Association.
Lending grew by 8.8 percent at Georgia credit unions for all of 2017, a bit behind the 10 percent growth credit unions experienced nationally.
Predictably, holiday spending pushed credit balances upward in Georgia, which contributed to that loan...
April 19th, 20181146Delta Community Credit Union recently named Rick Daughterty its new assistant vice president of Residential Lending, according to a Marietta Daily Journal article.
Daugherty most recently served as a financial adviser at Merrill Lynch in Atlanta and has more than 20 years of experience with national lenders in servicing and origination.
"We're pleased to welcome Rick to our established team of professionals," said Kathy Weber, Delta Community's vice president of Residential Lending. "Not only does he have an exceptionally strong background in many areas of financial services — including loan servicing and origination — he also...
April 19th, 2018091Delta Community Credit Union will present the Cobb Chamber's reimagined annual business expo next week.
Elevate 2018 will serve as a personal and professional development event for exhibitors, sponsors and participants. The event was created to address Cobb's business community's desire to need to continually work to enhance personal growth, businesses and the community, according to a Marietta Daily Journal article.
The expo will take place Aug. 23 from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Cobb Galleria Centre.
For more information, read the full MDJ article here. ...
April 19th, 20180149Delta Community Credit Union recently celebrated the 1oth anniversary of its branch at 2627 Dallas Highway in Marietta, according to a Marietta Daily Journal article.
Long-time members and community partners reportedly joined Delta Community employees to celebrate the anniversary.
"Of our 370,000 members, 32,000 live in Cobb and Paulding Counties, and 19,000 of them call this their 'home' branch," said Hank Halter, Delta Community's CEO. "Congratulations, and thank you for providing our members with a decade of friendly, trustworthy service and sound financial advice and products."
For more, read the full MDJ article here. ...
April 19th, 20180115Georgia United Credit Union recently announced the four winners of the $27,500 in scholarships it awarded this year.
The scholarship money was awarded to four high school seniors through scholarships named for the credit union's founder Vernon E. Carne and notable board members Geraldine Tilson, Dorthy Dusenberry Pirkle and Polly Hinde. This year's recipients were chosen based on a video competition with consideration given to academic accomplishments, leadership and participation in both school and community activities.
Here are the winners:
Jamila Pellum won $10,000 through the Vernon E. Carne scholarship. Pellum is a senior...
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