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Summit Credit Union Names 3 Uw Student-athletes As Financial Ambassadors

March 23, 2023 Students will promote female financial education and wellness in new NIL partnership MADISON, Wis. — Summit Credit Union, a proud partner of Wisconsin Athletics, announced the University of Wisconsin Student-Athlete Financial Wellness Ambassador program_,_ an effort to increase financial wellness education through student athletes’ social media postings. Summit has signed Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) deals with three UW student athletes. The student-athletes will serve as student ambassadors for financial wellness, including Sarah Chan, a junior on the Rowing team; Kiley Robbins, a junior on the Track and Field team; and Maty Wilke, a redshirt freshman on the Women’s Basketball team. Summit financial coaches will meet with the student-athletes in educational sessions throughout the semester. The students will post on Instagram during the semester about their personal journey in financial wellness. Focused on women’s financial wellness since 2007, Summit initiated the ambassador program as part of its new campaign, designed to remove systemic barriers for women to build wealth, advance in their careers, buy homes, and save for a comfortable retirement. Recent studies show Wisconsin women earn 80 cents for every $1 men earn and experts estimate that at the current rate of progress, women will not receive equal pay until 2067. “Our goal is to help college students, especially women, become confident through financial wellness early in their lives,” said Kim Sponem, CEO & President of Summit Credit Union. “We can accelerate the closing of the gender pay gap with these elite athletes reaching out to their generation stressed by the challenges of personal finance.” The ambassador program dovetails with Summit’s previously announced Equity in Money sponsorship of the Fifth Quarter Patio at Camp Randall Stadium. "The NIL era has empowered our student-athletes to capitalize on their personalities and their platform as Badgers in a financially beneficial way," said Brian Mason, Director of NIL Strategy for Wisconsin Athletics. "With that, they have a fantastic opportunity to develop money management strategies and skills that can serve them for a lifetime." You might also be interested in MADISON, Wis. — Hannah Echols of Milwaukee, has just been revealed as the winner of Summit Credit Union’s Project Money Season 15. Along with three other contestant teams, Hannah spent the past seven months working with a Summit Credit Union financial advisor to take steps to meet her financial goals. MADISON, Wis – Jody Brown, a Financial Professional with Summit Financial Advisors, located at Summit Credit Union, has been named one of the “Women of Distinction” – a recognition that honors female financial representatives for superior performance and extraordinary efforts in promoting financial security. MADISON, Wis – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has named Summit Credit Union a 2023 leading small business lender in two different categories. Specifically, Summit received two awards for FY 2023; the most 7(a) loans by a credit union in Wisconsin and the greatest lender participation with 504 loans in Wisconsin. The credit union loaned more than $23,000,000 between these two SBA vehicles. Newsweek Magazine rankings based on member feedback and institution’s financial health MADISON, Wis – Newsweek Magazine’s 2024 list of America’s Best Regional Banks and Credit Unions included Madison-based Summit Credit Union as one of the top 250 credit unions. The rankings were based on a mix of consumer/member input and financial performance and stability factors. MADISON, Wis. – Summit Credit Union, a member owned financial cooperative, and StartingBlock, Madison’s startup hub, welcome seven women entrepreneurs into the 2023 cohort of the Summit Credit Union Fellowship for Women Entrepreneurs. This is an initiative designed to support, empower, and catalyze the growth of women entrepreneurs in the region. Summit giving back $2.66 million to members in 10th year of annual member giveback bringing total money provided to eligible members to $22.3 million. MADISON, Wisconsin — Summit Credit Union announced an annual patronage dividend, called Cash Boomerang, of $2.66 million to its members. The giveback is based on the cooperative’s financial success and on a member’s use of Summit’s checking, savings, borrowing services, as well as their length of membership. MADISON, Wis -- Summit Credit Union has provided its full 2023 allotment of $700,000 in grants from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago to eligible homebuyers, supporting their down payments, closing costs, or pre-paid expenses. MADISON, Wis. — Summit Credit Union, a member-owned financial cooperative, is the top mortgage lender in the state of Wisconsin this year, according to data collected under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). Based on 2022 HMDA (Home Mortgage Disclosure Act) data, released at the end of June 2023, Summit provides more mortgages than any other mortgage lender in Wisconsin. Credit Union consumers took part in the Forbes and Statista survey and ranked credit unions on trust, terms & conditions, branch services, digital services, customer services and financial advice. 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