Credit Union Press Releases

The Carolinas Credit Union Foundation Board of Directors elected Chuck Purvis to fill a recent vacancy at their meeting on February 20, 2013.Mr. Purvis is also the former Chairman of the National Credit Union Foundation. He was a member of the Board of NCUF from 1995 to 2007.

On February 23rd, SECU opened its doors in all 248 statewide branches to support the FAFSA Day event sponsored by College Foundation of North Carolina (CFNC), the North Carolina Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NCASFAA) and SECU.

FBFCU and the AFFN gave $1,000.00 in prepaid AFFN ‘Thank You’ Cards to military families at the Fort Bragg Fisher House. These cards are in $50.00 denominations and may be used everywhere AFFN point-of-sale is accepted worldwide.

The National Credit Union Foundation and Carolinas Credit Union Foundation is inviting North Carolina credit unions to hold a “Financially Fit Day” on April 3, 2013 to kick off National Financial Literacy Month. This fundraising day is part of a relatively new campaign, entitled “Credit Unions Support Financial Education: Leading the Way to Financial Freedom”

Once a month, CMCU Branch Manager Malinda Mertz teaches a group of men and women crucial skills they’ll need to be financially self-sufficient. Participants in Mertz’s “How to Spend, How to Borrow, How to Save” class may have lost a job or their home, been through a divorce, suffered from spousal abuse or they may be transitioning from homelessness.

Partnering with the NC Rural Economic Development Center, Inc., State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU) members via the SECU Foundation are pleased to fund the new SECU Public Service Intern program for college students from rural North Carolina.

State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU) is helping get North Carolinians back to work with the expansion of Contact Centers to rural areas of the State. For SECU members, the move maximizes usage of the existing facilities and equipment of their not-for-profit cooperative, while helping to mitigate costs associated with developing and operating separate contact center facilities.

Local Government Federal Credit Union (LGFCU) proudly announces the appointment of Kellie Blue to its Board of Directors. Blue, the finance director for Robeson County, was appointed to fill the seat left vacant by the retirement of Director Emeritus Frances Efird.

State Employees’ Credit Union’s (SECU’s) Board of Directors is pleased to announce the development of a new property management subsidiary --- SECU*Real Estate (SECU*RE). In its initial start-up phase, SECU*RE will provide the Credit Union with the ability to streamline management of real estate owned (REO) properties in North Carolina.

An event hosted February 27 by State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU) welcomed a visit from Tony Almeida, Sr. Advisor to Governor Pat McCrory for Jobs and the Economy. Mr. Almeida was there to show his support of the Credit Union’s participation in North Carolina Business Committee for Education’s (NCBCE’s) Students@Work Week.