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About Summit Credit Union:

Established in 1935, Summit Credit Union is a member-owned financial cooperative. Summit holds $7.2 billion in assets and has more than 258,000 members and 983 employees across 61 locations throughout Wisconsin. Since 2002, Kim Sponem has been CEO & President of Summit Credit Union, formerly known as CUNA Credit Union/Great Wisconsin Credit Union. Recognized for its excellence in employee engagement, in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 Summit was named both a Top Workplace in the USA by Top Workplaces USA and a Top Workplace in the Madison area by the Wisconsin State Journal. In 2023 it was added as a Top Workplace in Milwaukee by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Additionally, and representative of the focus on financial education, Summit received the Governor’s Financial Literacy Award in 2010, 2014, and 2016 and the Governor’s Financial Literacy Award – Legacy in 2019.

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Summit Credit Union Pays $2.7 Million in Dividends to Members
November 16, 2021
Financial cooperative’s Cash Boomerang program shares a record amount with members

MADISON, Wis.—Summit Credit Union has announced a patronage dividend of $2.7 million for its members. Called Cash Boomerang, the member give-back is based on Summit Credit Union’s success and on an individual’s use of Summit checking, savings and borrowing services between Oct. 1, 2020, and Sept. 30, 2021.
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More than 1,200 celebrate cooperatives with Summit Credit Union
October 8, 2021
Madison-based financial cooperative highlights local co-ops with celebration

MADISON, Wis.—Summit Credit Union’s tenth Co-op Connection took place over the weekend on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, next to the Dane County farmers’ market. More than 1,200 attendees took part in the free event, which celebrates cooperatives from across the state.
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Summit honored for young adult banking projects
September 16, 2021
Milwaukee, Wi — Bank On Greater Milwaukee today recognized Summit Credit Union as a CHAMPION for creating safe and affordable credit union accounts for Milwaukee residents and for innovation in financial education.
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Summit Credit Union CEO & President Kim Sponem joins CEOs from world’s leading companies in signing diversity and inclusion pledge
August 23, 2021
MADISON, Wis.—Kim Sponem, CEO & President of one of the largest credit unions in Wisconsin, recently joined a rapidly growing number of CEOs from some of the world’s top companies in signing the CEO Action Pledge for Diversity and Inclusion™.
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Summit Credit Union Announces Teams for 13th Season of Project Money
June 15, 2021
Annual financial education competition promotes saving and debt reduction, encourages community

MADISON, Wis.—Summit Credit Union has launched the 13th season of its Project Money competition with the announcement of its 2021 participants. Four teams were selected from hundreds of applicants to participate in this year’s program, where they will compete to reduce debt and increase savings on the way to achieving their financial goals.
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Summit Credit Union Opens Full-Service Branch in Verona
June 8, 2021
24/7 access to smart lockers enhance financial cooperative’s first full-service branch in Verona

MADISON, Wis. — Summit Credit Union opened a second location in Verona. The new 2,649-square-foot, full-service branch is located at 881 W. Verona Avenue, Suite D.
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