Service Awards
Service Award winners for 2012:
Ed Rogers 10 years on the Supervisory Committee, Andrea Good 10 years VP of Collections and Compliance, Mallory Barker 5 years Collections/Compliance assistant, Matt Jennings 15 years CEO. Not pictured 35 years Ron Ridenour Supervisory Committee, Ron Rogers 15 years Board of Directors, Dave Sturgeon 10 years Credit Committee.
Students Send Care Packages
Indian Lake High School sent care packages to former Indian Lake High School Students who are serving our country over seas in the Middle East. Quest donated to the student group the money necessary for the postage as the students and staff brought in the items to be sent. Pictured are Colby Walbrown, Tyrone Nadeau, DeWayne Thompson and Chase Derrer.
President’s Pen
As President of the Board of Directors of Quest Federal Credit Union, I like to take the time on occasion to communicate with our members and the community about our progress and plans here at Quest. We recently held our 43rd Annual Meeting and I wanted to update you on our election and other activities for the evening.
The meeting was held at the Hardin County Armory on Saturday, March 24th. Dinner was served by the Plaza Inn of Mt. Victory and was enjoyed by all. Nominating Chair Allen Barrett gave a summation of our 2012 election and the results are as follows; Richard Wilcox and Jim Ramge were re-elected to the board for 3 year terms and John Gunn was re-elected to the credit committee for a 3 year term also. Following many months of discussion about the future of our Board and how we can successfully transition to trained board members as the years fly by, the Board voted unanimously to expand our roster from 7 to 9 as well as adding 2 more members to our Supervisory Committee, taking the total from 3 to 4 members. I am pleased to introduce Sarah Wirbel and Brian Sprang as our new board members and Connie Oates and Karen Streetman as our new supervisory members. Learn More
Staying Safe Online
If you use our “It’s Me 247 Online Banking”, you know that there are security controls in place such as using a complex password and security questions. These security controls weren’t put in place to inconvenience you, but to inconvenience a hacker who would like to steal your banking information. Here are some tips to improve your password strength and make it challenging for someone to get your account information.
More characters. The longer, more complex the password, the harder it is for a hacker to figure out. Use both capital and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols when creating your password. Use the symbols in place of letters, for example: p@sswo2D. Another good way to set passwords is by a sentence you will remember, such as “April showers bring May flowers”. You could make your password: @pri!s8mF.
Don’t use personal information as part of a password. Using a spouse or child’s name as a password is not secure. Think Facebook for example, how many times do you use your family’s names while posting? It’s not much work for a hacker to do a little research on the internet to find out any of your personal information. Birthdates are another password to stay away from. Learn More
Savings Bonds
Over-the-Counter Sales of Paper Savings Bonds Ending in 2011
Buy electronic bonds online at http://www.treasurydirect.gov/
Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt
The U.S. Department of the Treasury will end over-the-counter sales of paper savings bonds on December 31, 2011, including sales through financial institutions and applications mailed directly to the Federal Reserve Bank by customers. This move is expected to save taxpayers an estimated $70 million over the next five years.
Although paper bonds are being discontinued, electronic Series EE and Series I Savings Bonds will remain available for purchase via TreasuryDirect. This secure, web-based system, operated by the Bureau of the Public Debt, has been used by investors since 2002 to purchase savings bonds online.
Your savings federally insured to at least $250,000 and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States Government.
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