PACU News

From events, to employee spotlights to community action; Everything you need to stay up-to-date on what PACU’s doing and how we strive to continue bettering our members.

  • Flying Colors Charity Fun Run

    Flying Colors Charity Fun Run

    The PACU Foundation’s inaugural Flying Colors Charity Fun Run raised more than $4,000 from 15 generous corporate sponsors and individual donors and 57 runners and walkers of all ages across the Triad region of North Carolina. The event was held on Saturday, May 6, at the Oak Ridge Town Park in Oak Ridge, N.C. According…

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  • Holt named Charlotte Branch Manager

    Holt named Charlotte Branch Manager

    We’re thrilled to announce that Carrieanne Holt was promoted recently to Manager of our Charlotte branch located at 2830 Boyer Street. A Certified Credit Union Financial Counselor, Carrieanne brings a wealth of banking and management experience to this position. Carrieanne began her career with us in November 2021 as a Roving Assistant Manager where she…

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  • Try To Avoid Common Financial Mistakes

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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, 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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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.