SILICON VALLEY, Calif., Oct. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, Meriwest Credit Union joins over 56,000 credit score unions around the globe to have fun International Credit Union (ICU) Day®. The theme of ICU Day 2022 is “Empower Your Financial Future with a Credit Union.”
ICU Day highlights the numerous ways in which credit score unions around the globe have helped members enhance their monetary well-being and help their communities. Meriwest CU, constructed on the precept of “People Helping People”, has turned that philosophy into motion for greater than 60 years, offering entry to inexpensive monetary merchandise and striving to meet the wants of underserved communities.
This relationship with the group has led to a number of prestigious awards for Meriwest Credit Union in 2022; a Desjardin Financial Education Award from the California and Nevada Credit Union Leagues (CCUL), recognition because the ‘Best Credit Union’ in Silicon Valley by the readers of The Mercury News, and a ‘Best Place to Work’ award, offered by the San Francisco Business Times and the Silicon Valley Business Journal.
The Silicon Valley Business Journal and San Francisco Business Times unveiled the outcomes of the ‘Best Places to Work’ survey in May 2022, rating Meriwest as one of many high corporations to work for in Silicon Valley. Meriwest was one of many choose employers profitable the award in recognition of making an distinctive office and tradition that their staff worth extremely.
Recognition because the ‘Best Credit Union’ in Silicon Valley within the Mercury News’ 21st Annual Readers’ Choice Awards, is a tribute to the Meriwest employees, not just for their work in assembly members’ monetary wants with a smile, however for his or her efforts locally as Meriwest CU carried out monetary literacy workshops for over 8,000 group residents and funded over $1M in grants in 2021.
Meriwest Credit Union additionally acquired a 2022 Adult Desjardins Financial Education award from the CCUL for his or her superior monetary education schemes and help of native organizations and colleges. Financial literacy assets have been held in partnership with native nonprofits and helped 1000’s of group residents, together with members, nonmembers, and underserved purchasers, attain their monetary objectives.
Meriwest is a credit score union that lives by the “People Helping People” philosophy and is honored to be part of International Credit Union Day, as they work on daily basis in direction of making a distinction in our group.
Meriwest Credit Union, working for you… Today, Tomorrow, Together.
About Meriwest Credit Union
Founded in San Jose, California on May 5, 1961, Meriwest Credit Union, one in all Silicon Valley’s largest and most established monetary establishments, offers proactive, private, handy, and modern monetary providers to over 90,000 households and companies all through the San Francisco Bay Area and Pima County, Arizona. Meriwest is among the top-200 largest credit score unions within the United States with belongings in extra of $2 billion, and affords a wide selection of non-public banking, business banking, and wealth advisory services and products to members. The credit score union was voted “Best Credit Union in Silicon Valley” on this yr’s Mercury News’ 21st Annual ‘Readers’ Choice Awards’ and a “Best Place to Work” by the Silicon Valley Business Journal 2020 by way of 2022. More data will be discovered at www.meriwest.com.
Contact:
Helen Grays-Jones
Meriwest Credit Union
Community Relations Manager
Direct Line: 408-365-6328
[email protected]
