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Try To Avoid Common Financial Mistakes
What you do with your money can get you into a financial mess – but it can also get you out. Face it, we’re called consumers for a reason: We buy things – and that means trouble if we spend too much and struggle each month to pay our bills and can’t save anything. Your…
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How to have the Best Summer without Busting your Budget
Summer’s here, school’s out, and vacation is around the corner! You want to make this the best summer yet. Trouble is, the costs for all that fun can add up and sink your savings goals in the process. The good news is that with a little planning, you and your family can enjoy all that…
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Welcome to PACU, JT Wall
Piedmont Advantage Credit Union welcomes JT Wall as a Lending Processor, supporting and assisting team members with timely and consistent execution and communication. JT works from our Advantage Way branch in Winston-Salem. “Coming here to Piedmont Advantage Credit Union has been an amazing experience thus far. I have been welcomed with friendly and open arms…
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Welcome, Amy Sand, to PACU
Amy Sand has joined PACU as Senior Accountant, supporting the financial management and operations of the credit union through maintenance of accounting records and reports. “My experience at PACU has been great! From the moment I was hired, anyone that I interacted with was extremely friendly. Working remotely, you don’t get the chance to meet…
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Conway and Semones earn certification
PACU’s Assistant Vice President of Branch Services Debi Conway (right) and Community Development Executive Jobana Semones recently became Certified Credit Union Financial Counselors through the Credit Union National Association’s (CUNA) Financial Counseling Certification Program. This certification gives Debi and Jobana the skills and knowledge required to further assist members to make sound financial decisions. Jobana…
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Marketing Intern Emily Winberg
PACU has taken on its first-ever marketing intern for the summer of 2022. Emily Winberg will be assisting with the social media content; including the Credit Union’s blog, the creation of collateral content, event planning, as well as marketing analysis and research. Emily will be working from the Credit Union’s Advantage Way branch in Winston-Salem.…
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Megan Brooks, an emerging leader
Megan Brooks, Piedmont Advantage Credit Union’s Learning Facilitator, spoke on the Emerging Leaders Panel for the Credit Unions Together Conference hosted by Palmetto Citizens Credit Union May 5-7, 2022 held in Myrtle Beach. CUs Together Conference focuses on “credit union staff members who have a passion for the credit union movement and who want to…
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Smith Reynolds Airport ATM Ribbon Cutting
Piedmont Advantage Credit Union held a ceremonial ribbon cutting today in celebration of the relocation of its Liberty Street ATM to the entrance of Smith Reynolds Airport. According to Piedmont Advantage’s President & CEO Dion Williams, Piedmont Advantage and Smith Reynolds Airport have a long history together. “Formerly Piedmont Aviation Credit Union, Piedmont Advantage was…
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Diversity and Inclusion Program Recognized
Piedmont Advantage Credit Union was recently awarded the Louise Herring Philosophy-in-Action Service Award by the Carolinas Credit Union Foundation for its Diversity and Inclusion (DI) Program designed to build a healthier and more diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace where all its employees experience belonging and well-being. This award is given to a North Carolina or…
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Headquartered in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and founded in 1949 within the aviation industry, Piedmont Advantage Credit Union (PACU) serves member-owners, who reside, work, worship, attend school or operate a business in one of the six counties it serves in North Carolina or who are employed by one of its many employer companies. These six counties are Davie, Forsyth, Guilford, Iredell, Mecklenburg and Rockingham.