January 25th, 2018374Credit unions stand in a unique position to affect political change despite today’s increasingly bipartisan politics.
That was the message delivered by eight distinguished speakers participating in Georgia Credit Union Affiliates’ 10th Annual State Governmental Affairs Conference – Grassroots Academy in Atlanta on Tuesday. The...
January 22nd, 2018062Georgia United's Kimberly Schoates has received the opportunity to attend the Credit Union National Association's Governmental Affairs Conference in a special way.
Schoates, who works as director of e-payments at Georgia United, has been selected by CUNA and The Cooperative Trust to participate in Crash the GAC 2018. Crash the GAC is...
January 22nd, 2018077The only credit union on Fort Benning — Kinetic Credit Union — is poised to help members who might be affected by the government shutdown.
The federal government shut down at midnight Friday into Saturday when the Republican and Democratic parties failed to pass a bill that would fund government spending. Kinetic CU President and...
January 8th, 201834146A credit-union owned league from Haiti became the latest member of the World Council of Credit Unions as 2017 drew to a close.
WOCCU's board of directors unanimously approved the membership application for the Association des Caisses Populaires Haitiennes, a 100-percent credit union-owned organization in Haiti that offers advocacy,...
January 8th, 20183283A longtime Robins Financial Credit Union employee will now take the reigns at the credit union's Forsyth Branch.
Indian Cumpton has been promoted to manager of the branch after working with Robins Financial for 18 years, according to a Robins Financial press release.
When she's not serving the community at Robins Financial,...
December 21st, 2017072Georgia United Credit Union collected a record 1,978 gifts for foster children during its annual Wish Tree Program this year.
The Wish Tree Program is one of Georgia United's longest-running community service projects and one of its most successful. The program has donated a total of 23,081 gifts to multiple county Division of Family...
December 21st, 2017081
The tax reform bill expected to pass through the House and Senate this week won't touch the credit union tax status, according to a Credit Union National Association article.
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"Credit unions said loudly and repeatedly throughout this process...
December 20th, 20170121Elderly and disabled residents in central Georgia will have a jollier Christmas thanks to Robins Financial Credit Union.
Robins Financial employees recently created 55 Christmas gift boxes for donation to the Meals on Wheels of Houston County's "Shoeboxes for the Elderly" program. The packages contained candy, games and personal care...
December 8th, 2017095Robins Financial Credit Union is getting the entire community into the holiday spirit this month with their 25 Days of Holiday Giving.
The Warner Robins-based credit union selected 25 different organizations throughout their count radius. Throughout the first 25 days of December, the credit union will give each organization a monetary...