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 ArticleRachel Levin: The VSECU deal is an acquisition, much more than a merger
This commentary is by Rachel Levin, a resident of Chittenden and a member of the VSECU. It’s time to vote no on VSECU acquisition and keep VSECU in Vermont and Vermont in VSECU. I had hoped I would...
View ArticleGeorge Sales: Credit union merger will combine everything that’s good now
This commentary is by George Sales of St. Johnsbury, a member of the VSECU board of directors. There is a lot involved when companies or organizations decide to go through a merger or to pursue an...
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By a narrow margin, Vermont State Employees Credit Union members approve a...
The VSECU building in Montpelier on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger In a tight vote, Vermont State Employees Credit Union members have approved a merger with New England...
View ArticleChip Filson: Is credit union merger the end of a movement?
This commentary is by Chip Filson, who was supervisor of Illinois credit unions, director of the office of programs for the federal credit union regulator, and then president of the Central Liquidity...
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...
View ArticlePost: Banking on common sense
Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Steven D. Post, the CEO of the VSECU. The Vermont Department of Financial Regulation (DFR) has issued VSECU a notice of intent to serve us a cease and desist order that...
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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...
View ArticleVSECU partnership with call center won’t cost Vermont jobs, credit union...
One of the state’s largest nonprofit credit organizations will use workers in Michigan to answer the increasing number of calls it is receiving from members. The Vermont State Employees Credit Union, a...
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With new alliance, VSECU explores state’s updated securities rules
Economic Development Commissioner Joan Goldstein speaks Wednesday. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger [T]he Vermont State Employees Credit Union announced a new partnership with a company Wednesday...
View ArticleRobert Miller: The power of the cooperative movement
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Rob Miller, a resident of Shelburne, who is CEO of VSECU. He is a former commissioner of the Vermont Department of Economic Development and currently serves on the...
View ArticleRob Miller: More influence than you realize
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Rob Miller, the CEO of VSECU. He is a former commissioner of the Vermont Department of Economic Development and senior executive with global asset management and...
View ArticleRobert Miller: Investing locally
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Robert Miller, of Shelburne, who is CEO of VSECU and a former commissioner of the Vermont Department of Economic Development. [W]hen you enjoy a Vermont-made...
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VSECU partners with $50 million venture capital fund
The VSECU staff at the credit union’s Montpelier headquarters. Courtesy photo [T]he Vermont State Employees Credit Union has announced a partnership with a new venture capital fund known as Vermont...
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