Press Releases

Peoria, IL – CEFCU donated $2,500 to Peoria County Sheriff’s Office (FOP #157) to help purchase new officer rifle-rated ballistic vests. The County Sheriff-approved vests help ensure officer safety, and will allow officers to carry medical kits and supplies to help aid in citizen emergencies.

Peoria, IL – At CEFCU’s recent Annual Meeting, the Credit Union reported outstanding achievements for 2018.  At the end of the year, assets were over $5.9 billion, which is an increase of over 2.4% compared to 2017.  And, total membership for 2018 grew by nearly 9,000 members.

Peoria, IL – Giann Walker was promoted to a Senior Vice President position; Gary Moss and Ron Routh were promoted to Vice President positions; Diane Roe and Wyatt Wolven were promoted to Assistant Vice President positions; Emylee Bitner, Natalie Brandon, Jennifer Cunningham, Melissa Janson, Patrick McMeen, Janet Murphy, Jeremiah Schmidt, Stephanie Shields, and Melissa Wireman were promoted; Josh Bennett, Rick Bentley, Michael Colclasure, Barb Cotton, Shadia Couri, Justin Craig, Tammy Frericks, Nick Gillhouse, Lisa Rotermund, Greg Trier, and Mary Turner assume new management positions; Bruce Addler, Gary Densberger, Cliff Quine, and Dave Zimmerman announced their retirements.

Peoria, IL – A record $50 million Extraordinary Dividend was approved by CEFCU’s Board of Directors and distributed to the Credit Union’s member/owners.  The amount each member received was determined by dividends earned and interest paid during the first 11 months of the year.  On the evening of November 30, funds were deposited to members’ Savings accounts.

Peoria, IL –  At CEFCU’s recent Annual Meeting, the Credit Union reported outstanding achievements for 2017.  At the end of the year, assets were over $5.8 billion, which is an increase of over 3.5% compared to 2016.  And, total membership for 2017 grew by over 8,000 members.   

Peoria, IL – Joni Hootman, a Financial Advisor located at CEFCU Investment Services, registered through CUNA Brokerage Services, Inc. has received the 2018 Women of Distinction award in recognition of her performance, value, and overall contribution to the financial services industry.

Peoria, IL – CEFCU is pleased to announce that members now have the ability to access Masterpass™ by Mastercard®, a digital wallet that can be accepted at millions of locations – online, in-store, and in-app. Any CEFCU Debit Mastercard or Credit Mastercard may be used with Masterpass.

Peoria, IL – CEFCU announces that Denise Ghere was promoted to Senior Vice President of Electronic Services.  Mark Geason was promoted to Vice President of Electronic Services.  Melody Malcom was promoted to Vice President of Card Services.  Jana Stevens was promoted to Vice President of Marketing.  Jennifer Lehman Flexer was promoted to Assistant Vice President – Market Strategy and Analytics.

Peoria, IL – CEFCU announces the retirement of Sue Yoder-Portscheller.

Peoria, IL – CEFCU is pleased to announce that members now have the ability to access Android Pay at hundreds of thousands of stores by using their smartphones with Android 4.4 KitKat and above.  Any CEFCU Debit Mastercard or Credit Mastercard, may be used with Android Pay.