October 18th, 2021297MIRAMAR, Fla. – Tropical Financial Credit Union is proud to announce that Kara Yaquinta is among 31 credit union professionals and volunteers named as 2021 Credit Union Rock Stars by the editorial team at Credit Union Magazine. She is the only South Florida representative among the 2021 honorees.
The Credit Union Rock Stars...
October 12th, 20212332Tampa Bay, FL - Railroad & Industrial Federal Credit Union (RIFCU) will become Trax Credit Union on Tuesday, October 12, 2021.
RIFCU’s Board of Directors and Executive Management team announced the change to their 41,000 members in late August.
“Our credit union has been serving members for more than 85 years. Along the...
October 4th, 20219113Burbank, CA, October 4, 2021 – Partners Federal Credit Union (Partners, $2.4B) has announced the appointment of Ricky Otey (Otey) as their new president and chief executive officer (CEO).
Otey spent over 20 years in banking before making the move to credit union leadership. For the past seven years, Otey served as executive vice...
September 29th, 2021081The Board of Directors of PriorityONE Credit Union of Florida is pleased to announce the
appointment of Deana Hennessey, formerly the Executive Vice President, to be the next
President and Chief Executive Officer of PriorityONE Credit Union of Florida.
Deana has been with PriorityONE for 25 years serving in many capacities, and has...
September 24th, 2021350FLAG Credit Union Earns $125,000 CDFI Technical Assistance Award
CU Strategic Planning extended its reach to write grant applications for the U.S. Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Technical Assistance grants for FLAG Credit Union. The $54 million CDFI and its members won big with a $125,000 award, the...
September 20th, 20215112DUNEDIN, Fla. (September 17, 2021) – Achieva Credit Union’s move into Hillsborough County has a new leader at its helm. The Dunedin-based credit union has named Rocio Smith as Hillsborough Market Vice President, with an initial focus on establishing Achieva’s first Hillsborough branch in Carrollwood.
The Carrollwood branch,...
September 10th, 2021299Lake Mary, Fla. (September 8, 2021) – As part of its latest expansion, Addition Financial has opened its newest branch at Seminole State College’s Sanford/Lake Mary Campus. Located in the Wayne M. Densch Partnership Center, this full-service branch will provide convenient banking services to Seminole State students, faculty and...
August 31st, 2021481ORLANDO, FL (August 2021) – On July 23, McCoy Federal Credit Union’s Business Development and
Marketing team partnered with the Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) to conduct real life budget and expense
simulations of families and individuals for Financial Education Day at the Children’s Safety Village of Central Florida.
The YEP...
August 31st, 2021276ORLANDO, FL (August 2021) – McCoy Federal Credit Union joined credit unions throughout the nation for
the #ILOVEMYCREDITUNION social media blitz on July 30. Posters were distributed company wide in Central
Florida with decorated slips of paper to encourage members and colleagues to “Tell Your Story.”
McCoy received an...