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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel named Summit a Top Workplace in Milwaukee in both 2023 and 2024. Additionally, and representative of its 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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The first location was in its sponsor company, in the Filene House. Credit union movement pioneers and organizers Thomas Doig and Roy
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Established in 1935, Summit Credit Union is a member-owned financial cooperative. Summit holds $ 7.3 billion in assets and has more than 261,100 members and 920 employees across 60 locations throughout
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September 17, 1935 in Madison, Wisconsin to serve the credit union movement and anyone else who was in need of credit union services. This unique charter was granted by the Wisconsin bank commissioner in 1935.
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credit union could not borrow from their credit union. The credit union was there to ensure that employees could still receive their product needs from a credit union and that state leagues across the country had access to a credit union for their banking needs.
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