Credit Union Ak wins People Helping People Award

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Credit Union Auckland wins People Helping People Award

MONDAY, 24 SEPTEMBER 2007, AUCKLAND. Credit Union Auckland was awarded with the ‘People Helping People” award at the New Zealand Association of Credit Union’s conference and AGM in Rotorua recently.

The annual award is presented to a Credit Union who has shown that their actions have benefitted the people they serve beyond the expectations and requirements of its role as a banking services provider.

“Over the past 40 years, Credit Union Auckland has made a definable and tangible difference to its customers and the community it serves. They take their social responsibility very seriously and treat everyone they encounter as real people – not just someone from a particular socio-economic or ethnic group,” says Doug McLaren, Chief Executive, New Zealand Association of Credit Unions.

“Credit Union Auckland have helped with the burden of financial difficulty for many of their customers and sought to find solutions to problems for people struggling to make ends meet. Their commitment has gone beyond their role as a banking services provider and shows their desire to succeed together with their customers.”

Letters written to Credit Union Auckland by their customers thanking them for the work and effort put in to resolve debt and budgeting problems were used to determine the award.

The letters illustrated the Credit Union’s commitment to the principle of ‘People Helping People’ that defines the Credit Union difference.

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