Former VSECU leaders: Save the Vermont State Employees Credit Union
This commentary was written by former VSECU CEO Steven Post and former VSECU board chairs Jerry Diamond, Kimberly Cheney, Wally Farnum and Bob Shattuck. Sometime this fall, members of the VSECU will...
View ArticleJerry Diamond: Incompetence or merger for VSECU?
This commentary was written by M. Jerome Diamond, a three-term Vermont attorney general and a member of the VSECU board from 1997-2015, chairing the board from 2008-2015. Diamond currently lives in...
View ArticleJohn Dwyer and Arthur Woolf: Vote for the NEFCU/VSECU merger
This commentary was written by New England Federal Credit Union President and CEO John J. Dwyer Jr. and Arthur G. Woolf, the NEFCU board chair. As the president and chief executive officer and board...
View ArticleMichael Hogan: Vermont values are at the heart of the VSECU merger
This commentary was written by Michael J. Hogan, a retired state employee and vice chair of the VSECU Board of Directors. I joined VSECU in 1986 as a new state employee. After retirement from the...
View ArticleFormer VSECU leaders: The VSECU future we see
This commentary was written by former VSECU CEO Steven Post and former VSECU board chairs Jerry Diamond, Kimberly Cheney, Wally Farnum and Bob Shattuck. Collectively, the founders of Calling All...
View ArticleBarbara Conrey: Surprises found on VSECU merger ballot
This commentary was written by Barbara Conrey, a VSECU member, a retired state college professor and an architect who has lived in Montpelier for the past 35 years. As a member of Vermont State...
View ArticleKreis: VSECU and the B word — is it bias?
Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Donald M. Kreis, associate director and assistant professor of law at the Institute of Energy and the Environment of Vermont Law School. He also serves on the board of...
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State allows VSECU to use the word “banking” in advertisements
Vermont State Employees Credit Union CEO Steve Post in his office in Montpelier. VTD Photo/Taylor Dobbs State officials will allow the largest credit union in Vermont to use the word “banking” in...
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VSECU data for 85,000 customers ends up in landfill
Officials at VSECU, the state’s largest credit union, have notified consumers that two unencrypted backup data tapes loaded with customer identification information were mistakenly thrown away and...
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UPDATED: Suspect dead after credit union robbery, standoff at Montpelier High...
Montpelier High School was placed on lockdown Tuesday during a standoff with an armed robbery suspect. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger (This story was updated Jan. 16 at 2:30, 5 and 11:25 p.m.) [A]...
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Report: Vermont wages are stuck at 2010 levels
[V]ermont’s economy is growing, but that growth isn’t helping many Vermonters move ahead, according to a new report from Public Assets Institute. The Montpelier-based think tank has been putting out...
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Southern Vermont bank prepares to lend to pot businesses
Hand-trimmed hemp flower offered by Lily Hill Farm in Eden at the 2019 Industrial Hemp Conference at the Hilton Burlington in Burlington on Friday, Feb. 8, 2019. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger...
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In push for rural broadband, Vermont groups partner to buy 2,000 miles of...
Christine Hallquist, executive director of the Vermont Community Broadband Board, in Montpelier on Nov. 1. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDiggerMore than 2,000 miles of fiber-optic cable is ready to be...
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Vermont’s 2 largest credit unions to merge
The VSECU building in Montpelier on Wednesday, Feb. 23. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerVermont’s two largest credit unions are planning to become one.New England Federal Credit Union and Vermont State...
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Merger of Vermont’s 2 largest credit unions encounters opposition
The VSECU building in Montpelier on Feb. 23. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerLed by its former CEO and two former directors, some Vermont State Employees Credit Union members have rallied in opposition...
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Two former Vermont attorneys general denounce move by New England Federal...
The Vermont State Employees Credit Union branch in Burlington seen on Tuesday, September 26, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerTwo former Vermont attorneys general are decrying a move by New England...
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Costs to repair flood-damaged heating systems freeze out some Vermonters
Barre City shortly after devastating flooding on Tuesday, July 11, 2023. Photo by Sarah Mearhoff/VTDiggerMold stretches in dark masses across Elizabeth Rodriguez’s basement walls. The Barre resident...
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Merged credit unions NEFCU and VSECU settle on new name: EastRise
The Vermont State Employees Credit Union branch in Burlington seen on Tuesday, September 26, 2023. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerTwo Vermont-based credit unions that merged in 2023 have announced...
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