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Durante 75 años…

 

Nos hemos permanecido fieles a nuestra misión: ayudar a quienes más lo necesitan, servir a los demás e inspirar. Las cooperativas de crédito son diferentes: le pertenecemos a nuestros miembros – A Usted. Brindamos oportunidades donde otros dicen que no.

 

Nuestra historia comenzó en 1950, cuando el crédito era un lujo al que pocos podían acceder. Comprar una casa o un automóvil era inalcanzable para muchos. Fue entonces cuando un grupo de empleados comprometidos de Alcoa Davenport Works (hoy Arconic), en Riverdale, Iowa, se reunió en una pequeña sala en un sótano y fundó lo que entonces se llamó Alcoa Employees Credit Union. Su objetivo era sencillo: apoyarse mutuamente. Estos voluntarios trabajaban horas adicionales para otorgar préstamos pequeños pero significativos—a veces para que un compañero pudiera comprar carbón para calefacción, otras para que una familia pudiera dar el pago inicial de una vivienda.

Hoy, 75 años después, Ascentra ha crecido y atiende a más de 40,000 miembros en 20 condados de Iowa e Illinois. Con nueve sucursales ubicadas en Clinton, Muscatine y las Quad Cities, hemos ampliado nuestro alcance—pero nuestro espíritu sigue siendo el mismo. Vivimos bajo el lema “Escuchando, atendiendo, y haciendo lo correcto.” No es solo un eslogan—es nuestra manera de responder a las necesidades de nuestros miembros y de la comunidad.

No solo ofrecemos servicios financieros; caminamos junto a nuestros miembros—guiándolos, educándolos y apoyándolos en cada paso del camino. Creemos en construir comunidades más fuertes, porque eso es lo que nos hace diferentes. Eso es lo que nos hace Ascentra.

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Advocating for Your Financial Wellbeing

  • oct. 22, 2020

Phyllis Thede and staff of Ascentra stand in front of orange, blue, and gray wall

Iowa State Rep. Phyllis Thede visited Ascentra’s home office to discuss the issues that impact Iowa credit union members with our staff and leadership. We thank and appreciate her efforts to protect consumer choice and for standing up for more than 1.3 million Iowa credit union members.

Advocacy is a big part of what credit unions do for their members.  It’s about having a choice in your financial freedom. Because credit unions are different than other financial institutions, they put people before profit. Our great rates are possible because credit unions are member-owned, not-for-profit cooperatives, meaning that earnings are returned to member in the form of lower rates on loans, lesser fees and higher rates on savings.  That’s why it’s so important to speak up.

In 2018, after the Iowa senate passed a budget bill that would raise taxes on credit unions and provide a 48 percent tack cut to banks in Iowa, Ascentra staff joined 750 other credit union members, volunteers, and employees to advocate in a rally outside the Capitol building in Des Moines, Iowa. Many representatives expressed their intention to support Iowa credit union members that would lose out under the senate plan. During this event Representative Phyllis Thede personally told Ascentra President and CEO Dale Owen, “I am definitely a supporter of credit unions.”

The message is being heard, but more work lies ahead to protect the financial choice for Iowans. Keep contacting your lawmakers and remember that a tax increase on credit unions is a tax increase on 1.1 million Iowa citizens.

Learn how you too can become a credit union advocate on our Credit Union Difference page.  You can also to learn more about the latest threats to credit union members and reach out to your legislators through the Iowa Credit Union League's Protect Financial Choice page.

(Pictured left to right: Alvaro Macias, Jay England, Ted Galvin, Haley Resewehr, Linda Andry, State Rep. Phyllis Thede, Matthew De Bisschop, Sheri Olson, Dawn Dillon, and Brad Knutson)





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Advocating for Your Financial Wellbeing

  • oct. 22, 2020

Phyllis Thede and staff of Ascentra stand in front of orange, blue, and gray wall

Iowa State Rep. Phyllis Thede visited Ascentra’s home office to discuss the issues that impact Iowa credit union members with our staff and leadership. We thank and appreciate her efforts to protect consumer choice and for standing up for more than 1.3 million Iowa credit union members.

Advocacy is a big part of what credit unions do for their members.  It’s about having a choice in your financial freedom. Because credit unions are different than other financial institutions, they put people before profit. Our great rates are possible because credit unions are member-owned, not-for-profit cooperatives, meaning that earnings are returned to member in the form of lower rates on loans, lesser fees and higher rates on savings.  That’s why it’s so important to speak up.

In 2018, after the Iowa senate passed a budget bill that would raise taxes on credit unions and provide a 48 percent tack cut to banks in Iowa, Ascentra staff joined 750 other credit union members, volunteers, and employees to advocate in a rally outside the Capitol building in Des Moines, Iowa. Many representatives expressed their intention to support Iowa credit union members that would lose out under the senate plan. During this event Representative Phyllis Thede personally told Ascentra President and CEO Dale Owen, “I am definitely a supporter of credit unions.”

The message is being heard, but more work lies ahead to protect the financial choice for Iowans. Keep contacting your lawmakers and remember that a tax increase on credit unions is a tax increase on 1.1 million Iowa citizens.

Learn how you too can become a credit union advocate on our Credit Union Difference page.  You can also to learn more about the latest threats to credit union members and reach out to your legislators through the Iowa Credit Union League's Protect Financial Choice page.

(Pictured left to right: Alvaro Macias, Jay England, Ted Galvin, Haley Resewehr, Linda Andry, State Rep. Phyllis Thede, Matthew De Bisschop, Sheri Olson, Dawn Dillon, and Brad Knutson)