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POTTSTOWN, Penn.–More than 100 students gathered at the Pottstown Middle School to participate in the Pottstown Reading Olympics, where representatives from Diamond CU, including the mascot, Chip, were on hand to cheer the students on.

BEAUMONT, Texas – Education First Federal Credit Union hosted the community and representatives from the Beaumont Chamber of Commerce at a ribbon cutting ceremony for its new Administration Building.

ANN ARBOR, Mich.–More than 100 middle-school and high-school students across southeast Michigan can learn more about setting financial goals and effective budgeting thanks to a new partnership between the University of Michigan Credit Union (UMCU) and the University of Michigan.

PLYMOUTH, Mich.–Catholic Vantage Financial Credit Unionsaid it has been approved by NCUA to expand its FOM to the more than 1.3 million Catholics in the Archdiocese of Detroit.

RIVERSIDE, Calif.–Employees from Altura Credit Union recently helped teams of high school students in their bid for academic recognition at the 34th Annual Riverside Academic Decathlon. 

PHOENIX–Jane E. Dobbs, President and CEO of Canyon State Credit Union, has been named as the recipient of the 2017 Southwest Alliance for Excellence Leadership Award.

RALEIGH, N.C.–  An increased demand for shred events has prompted State Employees’ Credit Union to expand their 2017 schedule from 100 to 150 events per year, the credit union said.