AmeriCU’s 2023 highlights included expansion, renovations

ROME — AmeriCU Credit Union in July 2023 announced its largest expansion into 15 additional counties across the North Country, Mohawk Valley, Central New York, and Southern Tier communities of New York state.  The credit union says it has expanded its field of membership into 24 counties to “promote financial education, stability, and growth.” The credit union adds that its 2023 operational highlights also included a new virtual financial center, renovations of the Watertown and Auburn financial centers, a website redesign, an expanded interactive ATM network, and a new mobile and online mortgage application. 

The Rome–based credit union on March 11 hosted its annual membership meeting. In that session, Ronald Belle, president and CEO of AmeriCU Credit Union, and Nick Fabrizio, who chairs the AmeriCU board of directors, addressed the current membership on the credit union’s financial performance and successes in 2023, “highlighting the achievements the credit union made throughout the year.” “As AmeriCU looks ahead to 2024, we are eager to deepen the connections we have with our membership,” Belle said in an AmeriCU news release. “We will continue to evolve our services to give back even more to our members and take care of those who have helped us get to where we are today as we expand forward.”  AmeriCU in 2023 also introduced Pay A Person, a mobile application that allows its members to transfer money “quickly and easily” from their mobile phone; along with Pay A Day Early, which provides early access to direct-deposit paychecks including pension, Social Security, and all income payments.  As a credit union and a cooperative, AmeriCU says it is governed by its members through an elected, volunteer board of directors. The credit union’s nominating committee announced that incumbents George Bauer and Joseph Turczyn have been nominated to fill two open positions on the board of directors. The two nominees were seated at the annual meeting. AmeriCU also used the annual meeting to award 10 scholarships of $1,000 each to local students, who were joined by their families and recognized for their academic achievement.