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TYSONS, Va.—The PenFed Foundation said that Brian Hawthorne, a former senior advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Strategic Messaging and White House Liaison with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), has been selected to serve as the organization’s director of communications and development.

MADISON, Wis.–The Filene Research Institute has named Richard Swart, visiting researcher at the University of California, Irvine Institute for Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion (IMTFI), as lead Research Fellow of Filene’s Center for Emerging Technology, which provides scholarly, applicable research and education to credit unions on financial technology.

TYSONS, Va.—Several hundred local business, political, community and military leaders joined PenFed Credit Union to inaugurate its new headquarters in Tysons Corner.

ST. PAUL, Minn.–Affinity Plus member Laura Helmbrecht came into the credit union’s University Avenue branch presumably to tell her savings story. She left with $5,000.

BANNOCKBURN, Ill.–Each year Great Lakes Credit Union (GLCU) said it has been proud to give back to the community and offer help to those who need it most.