Credit Union Press Releases

Dr. Robert A. Nelson of Hoke County and Dr. Al Wentzy of Northampton County, were recently awarded the prestigious Order of the Long Leaf Pine --- the highest civilian honor that can be granted in the State of North Carolina. The presentations were made by SECU Board Chair McKinley Wooten during the Credit Union’s Annual Membership Meeting in October.

During the month of October, FBFCU held a food drive to give their members and employees an opportunity to help our community. “As a credit union, one of the main philosophies we focus on is “people helping people”. It is our hope that the support of the Second Harvest Food Bank will continue to keep families and their children fed during difficult times,” stated David Elliott, President/CEO of FBFCU.

“We are excited to extend our services to members using mobile banking. Offering new technology to meet our member’s expectations is a top priority and we believe that our Mobile Banking App is a great addition to our financial services,” says Sam Whitehurst, President and CEO of Summit Credit Union.

The new appointments are an integral part of LGFCU’s volunteer-driveninitiative not only to educate people on the benefits of credit union membership, but also to relay feedback to the board of directors regarding available/potentially available products and services, delivery of service and member needs.

To-date, the tournament has raised more than $630,000 which goes directly to breast and ovarian cancer survivors, and women in the community who want to learn prevention and early detection techniques.

Officials at Piedmont Advantage Credit Union have announced that they will acquire East Coast Credit Union in Wilmington, NC, effective November 30, 2012. On that date, East Coast Credit Union members will officially become part of the Piedmont Advantage family.

First known as Radio Shops Credit Union, the organization later became known as AT&T Family Federal Credit Union. In August 1999, they changed their name to Truliant Federal Credit Union to more accurately reflect the growing and diversified member-owner base.

Three Charlotte Metro Credit Union (CMCU) employees have been promoted recently, it was announced by Ann Robbins, SPHR, MSHR, the credit union’s vice president of Human Resources. Leatra White is now branch manager at the main Central Ave. branch, and Jennifer Jarrell is branch manager at the Matthews branch. Andrea Jordan is assistant manager at the Central Ave. branch.

During a November 13th event held at the NC Museum of History in Raleigh, the NC Museum of History Foundation announced the SECU Foundation as the recipient of its inaugural 2012 Corporate Philanthropy Award. The award recognizes individuals and organizations for outstanding contributions to the preservation, study or understanding of North Carolina history and also honors exceptional commitment, service and support to history museums or related sites.

Latino Community Credit Union (LCCU) recently launched its new user-friendly website which includes the newly released Latino Credit Union Chronicles, a series of member testimonial videos, and an all new online Knowledge Center which features an interactive bilingual financial education module.