RICHMOND, Va. — The Richmond-based Virginia Credit Union now offers membership to Soldiers and Airmen of the Virginia National Guard.
The collaboration between the Virginia National Guard Association, the Virginia Army/Air National Guard Enlisted Association and the Virginia Credit Union began in early February. Va. National Guard Soldiers and Airmen, regardless of duty status, may create an account using the VACU membership code: Military Affairs.
Maj. Andrew Czaplicki, president elect of the Virginia National Guard Association, said “This is an amazing benefit for our Soldiers and Airmen. We’re not only building a partnership with a Virginia-based financial institution, but we also really feel like this creates opportunity for junior military personnel that may not have access to a local bank.”
In addition to regular financial services, VACU provides Soldiers and Airmen, educational seminars and workshops on topics like budgeting, identity theft, credit reports, and credit scores, psychology of spending, buying a home, online self-paced courses and more. Soldiers and Airmen will have a direct point of contact for one-on-one counseling and to answer personal finance questions.
VACU is the largest state-chartered credit union in Virginia and serves communities across the commonwealth. VACU currently operates 18 local branches and a variety of online and electronic services to service members wherever they are located. VACU is a financial cooperative serving more than 290,000 members that offers a variety of affordable banking services, loans, mortgages and free financial education resources, with a focus on helping people be more confident with their finances.
Going forward Czaplicki said he wants to continue working to bring financial literacy courses to initial entry training predatory programs within the Virginia National Guard, as well as making financial education services available during unit training assemblies.
Virginia Credit Union is an equal housing opportunity lender and is federally insured by NCUA.
For more information, visit www.vacu.org.
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