Sound Credit Union FinTech Challenge

Sound Credit Union and University of Washington Tacoma Announce Winner of FinTech Incubator Challenge

Sound Credit Union, in partnership with the Milgard Center for Business Analytics at the University of Washington Tacoma, has announced Aashi Sharma as the winner of the 2024 FinTech Incubator Challenge for an app designed to empower users to strengthen their financial health through education tools and management resources. 

Unitus Business Impact Northwest

Unitus Community Credit Union Awards Community Impact Grant to Economic Development Nonprofit

Unitus Community Credit Union, in partnership with Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines, announced Business Impact Northwest will receive a $100,000 grant from Unitus and the FHLB Des Moines Member Impact Fund.

Seattle Credit Union Receives $900,000 in CDFI Funding for Affordable Housing Mortgage Product

Seattle Credit Union received a Financial Assistance award of $900,000 from the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund to support the development of their 30-year, fixed, below-market rate Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) mortgage loan product.

iQ Credit Union

iQ Credit Union Ranks 6th in Philanthropy Awards & Announces Community Grants

iQ Credit Union recently announced its recent 6th place ranking in the Portland Business Journal’s Philanthropy Awards and new grants awarded through the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines Member Impact Fund

Industrial Credit Union

Industrial Credit Union Awards $40,000 to Whatcom County Food Banks

Industrial Credit Union, in partnership with Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines, announced that Whatcom County food banks will receive a $40,000 grant from the FHLB Des Moines Member Impact Fund.

TAPCO CU Biz Kid$

TAPCO Credit Union Surprises Students with Grants to Turn $100 into $1,000,000 with Biz Kid$

Ninety-five students received $100 each thanks to a grant of $9,500 from TAPCO Credit Union along with the book How to Turn $100 Into $1,000,000.

Fibre Federal Award

Fibre Federal Credit Union Wins Inaugural Cobalt Barrier Breaker Award

Fibre Federal Credit Union received the Jack Henry Barrier Breaker Cobalt Award for their successful Money Builder Share Certificate program.

Numerica Best Places to Work Mid-Columbia

Numerica Named a “Best Place to Work” in Mid-Columbia and Inland Northwest

Numerica Credit Union has been recognized as one of the region’s top workplaces, earning a spot in the top three for the 2024 Best Places to Work Mid-Columbia and Inland Northwest awards.

TAPCO Credit Union’s Justin Martin Named Best CEO by South Sound Business Magazine

TAPCO Credit Union recently announces that Justin Martin, CEO of TAPCO, has been named “Best CEO” in the annual Best in Business Awards by South Sound Business Magazine.

Unitus Community Credit Union Named a Top Philanthropic Corporation in the Portland Metro Area

Unitus Community Credit Union has been named the fifth most philanthropic large corporation in the Portland Metro Area by the Portland Business Journal.

OnPoint Volunteers

OnPoint Community Credit Union Awards FinAbility $100K for Financial Education for Domestic Abuse Survivors

OnPoint Community Credit Union announced on Oct. 30 a $100,000 award to FinAbility, a Portland nonprofit providing financial education to survivors of domestic abuse.

Fibre Federal

Fibre Federal Credit Union Honors Domestic Violence Awareness Month with a $40,000 Gift to the Emergency Support Shelter

Fibre Federal combined Visa grant funds with a triple match opportunity from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines Member Impact Fund, resulting in a $40,000 donation to the Emergency Support Shelter.

iQ Credit Union Earns Spot Among Top Workplaces in Oregon for 2024

Ranking 23rd this year among mid-sized companies, this is iQ’s ninth year in a row on the list – a reflection of their ongoing commitment to creating a great place to work.

Bryan MacDonald BECU

BECU Promotes Bryan MacDonald to Chief Impact Officer to Head Up New Impact Division

BECU, Washington’s largest credit union, announced on Oct. 22 that it has promoted Bryan MacDonald to Executive Vice President and Chief Impact Officer

Fibre Federal

Fibre Federal Credit Union & TLC’s Communities First Program Supports Local Colleges and Hospitals

Fibre Federal Credit Union and TLC announced the continuation of its Communities First Program, a multi-year sponsorship for community colleges and hospitals within the 11 Washington and Oregon counties it serves.

TAPCO Credit Union Wins Best Credit Union in Pierce County, Wash.

TAPCO Credit Union announced its recognition as the Best Credit Union (2024 Gold Winner) in Pierce County, Wash., by The News Tribune’s Best of Pierce County Awards.

Credit Unions Across the Region Make a Difference in Their Communities on ICU Day

International Credit Union (ICU) Day, on Oct. 17, was a day reflect upon the credit union movement’s history, promote its […]

Unitus Community Credit Union Awarded the John Pembroke “Catalyst for Change” Award

The Credit Union Executives Society (CUES) awarded Unitus Community Credit Union its John Pembroke “Catalyst for Change” Award during a celebratory luncheon at Unitus Business Center in Tigard, Ore., on Oct. 11.

OnPoint Community Credit Union Tackles Digital Threats With Cybersecurity eBook

OnPoint Community Credit Union released its 2024 The OnPoint Guide to Personal Cybersecurity eBook to help consumers protect themselves in an ever-evolving cybercrime landscape.

Two GoWest Region Credit Union Leaders to Receive National Herb Wegner Memorial Award

Two GoWest region credit union leaders are 2025 recipients of the Herb Wegner Memorial Award, established by the National Credit Union Foundation.

Aimee Thompson InRoads CU

InRoads Credit Union Leader Appointed to Hillsboro Schools Foundation and Farmers Market Boards

InRoads Credit Union announced that Aimee Thompson, Business Development Officer, has been recently appointed to the Hillsboro Schools Foundation Board and the Hillsboro Farmers Market Board.