Federal Employees Credit Union opens second downtown branch

Journal Record, The (Oklahoma City), Dec 10, 2002 by Ray Carter

To increase its accessibility to the general public, the Federal Employees Credit Union will open a new branch at 101 N. Robinson Ave. the week of Dec. 16.

The office will be on the second floor, suite 210 of the Corporate Towers Building.

The credit union already has another branch in downtown Oklahoma City in the old Post Office Building at 215 Dean A. McGee Ave., Suite 343.

However, to enter that facility, customers must pass through several security measures including metal detectors, "so for a lot of people it's not convenient," said Laurie Stratton, vice president of corporate development for the credit union.

Because the Federal Employees Credit Union was recently granted a "community charter" that opens membership to anyone working or living in the Oklahoma City area, the credit union needed a facility that was more accessible to the general public, Stratton said.

"We needed another branch downtown with better public access," she said.

Previously, membership was mostly limited to government employees.

MidFirst Bank

Virginia Caskey has been promoted to vice president of retail banking at MidFirst Bank. In her new position as regional manager, Caskey is responsible for supervising the operations of MidFirst banking centers in central Oklahoma, including six Oklahoma City area offices, one in Moore, and two each in Norman and Shawnee.

Prior to her promotion, Caskey managed MidFirst Bank's two Shawnee banking centers for seven years.

The 18-year banking veteran joined MidFirst in 1991 as a teller. She also worked for First Federal Savings & Loan and Globe Savings Bank in Shawnee.

The Oklahoma native lives in Shawnee with her husband and two children.

Normal Sweet has been promoted to the position of vice president of retail banking. In her new position, Sweet will be responsible for supervising the operations of eight metro Oklahoma City banking centers and the MidFirst MoneyLine call center.

Most recently, Sweet managed the day-to-day operations of the bank's call center, 24-hour automated AnyTime Service Line, and consumer Internet banking service for five years. She also served as a MidFirst banking center manager for four years.

Prior to joining MidFirst, the 38-year banking veteran served as vice president of bank operations for California Savings Bank.

Sweet and her husband, Chuck, live in Norman. They have four children.

Cole & Reed

Julie Droll has been promoted to the tax advanced staff of Cole & Reed. Droll joined Cole & Reed in January 2002. She is a December 2001 graduate of the University of Oklahoma.

Society of Financial Service Professionals

The Oklahoma City Chapter of the Society of Financial Service Professionals will hold its monthly meeting on at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum.

The speaker will be Julie Pinkerton, field vice president for Pacific Life Insurance. She will speak about fully insured defined benefit plans.

The cost is $10 for lunch. R.S.V.P. to Dee Renner at deerenner