TVFCU Announces Idea Leap Grant Winners
TVFCU hosted their Fifth Annual Idea Leap Grant pitch night in which five local businesses competed for a total of $100,000 in grant funding. During the competition, hosted at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center, the five finalists, coming from an original pool of nearly 150 entrepreneurs, had five minutes to explain their business, their growth […]
Leaders Credit Union Named One of the Best Credit Unions to Work For
Leaders Credit Union, a member-owned financial cooperative based in Jackson, Tenn., has been named one of the 2022’s Best Credit Unions to Work For, for the fourth consecutive year. Credit Union Journal has partnered with Best Companies Group to identify companies that have excelled in creating quality workplaces for employees. The 2022 best list comprises […]
Northeast Community Credit Union Celebrates 70th Anniversary
Northeast Community Credit Union is celebrating its 70th anniversary this month, marking more than seven decades of serving the area through financial services and community outreach. Northeast Community Credit Union was chartered in October 1952 as Elizabethton Teachers Credit Union. Then Elizabethton City School Superintendent Mack Pierce and eight of the city’s school teachers– including […]
Scenic Community Credit Union Opens New Free-Standing East Brainerd Branch
On October 20, 2022, Scenic Community Credit Union will join over 56,000 credit unions around the world to celebrate International Credit Union (ICU) Day®. The theme of ICU Day 2022 is “Empower Your Financial Future with a Credit Union. ICU Day highlights the many ways that credit unions across the world help members improve their […]
One in Three Americans Belongs to a Credit Union
In celebration of International Credit Union Day next week, we wanted to take a moment to highlight the amazing number of credit union members. More than 2.4 Million Members in TennesseeMore than 2.4 million Tennesseans are credit union members at 139 credit unions. More than 130 Million Members In AmericaCUNA estimates there are more than […]
Tennessee Credit Union Professionals Attend TRGroup’s First-Ever Women’s Leadership Conference
The Louisiana Credit Union League hosted the TRGroup’s first-ever Women’s Leadership Conference last week in New Orleans. The 3-day conference offered a unique development experience designed to drive results and accelerate the advancement of women in the industry. Nearly 100 women from eight states attended the conference, including ten credit union professionals from Tennessee. Here’s […]
Ascend Federal Credit Union Staff Named One of the Nation’s Best Credit Unions to Work For
For the seventh consecutive year, Ascend Federal Credit Union has been recognized by American Banker as one of the top 50 best credit unions to work for in the United States. Ascend is the only Tennessee credit union listed seven times since the survey and awards program’s inception in 2014, and one of only two […]
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month
You dread hearing those calls from members when they describe being in financial peril because they fell prey to a phishing scam or a romance scam. Sadly, credit union members — of all ages — fall victim to fraud. And unfortunately, fraud is becoming more prevalent. While you can’t build a shield around your members, […]
TRGroup Hosts First Compliance & Risk Management Conference
The Raiffeisen Group, LLC (TRGroup) hosted its first collaborative conference in Nashville, Tenn., in mid-September. More than 80 credit union professionals from six states attended the TRGroup’s Compliance and Risk Management Conference that was hosted by the Tennessee Credit Union League. “We were honored to host the first-ever joint event for the TRGroup in Nashville,” […]
Resources for International Credit Union Day
Think about an onion and its many layers. The credit union system is very similar. Here we’ll dive into those layers starting with the member and expanding globally to the World Council of Credit Unions.