2021 Archived Press Releases | Travis Credit Union

Travis Credit Union (TCU) recently launched a series of Financial Inclusion Forums in Solano, Contra Costa and Yolo counties.

Vacaville, CA – Barry Nelson, Chief Executive Officer and President of Travis Credit Union (TCU), announced his retirement effective April 15, 2022. From the onset, Barry believed in providing value-added guidance that would build the community and enrich members' lives. Following the credit union philosophy of People Helping People he embraced the Awesome Cause initiative, focused on changing lives and lifting communities through financial wellness.

Vacaville, CA – Travis Credit Union has received national recognition for its outstanding financial education efforts to empower communities through financial literacy. The Credit Union National Association (CUNA) announced on November 2, 2021, that the credit union earned First Place as the nationwide winner of the Desjardins Youth Financial Education Award.

Benicia, CA – It's a mad, mad, mad world out there, and over 130 Benicia High School students got a glimpse into the unpredictable world of finance at last week's Mad City Money (MCM) program, hosted by Travis Credit Union Foundation.

Vacaville, CA – Travis Credit Union, serving twelve counties in the eastern region of the San Francisco Bay Area and Central Valley, welcomed Richard Word and Sal Vaca to the Governing Board, during the Board of Directors meeting in August 2021.

Vacaville, CA – San Francisco Business Times just announced that Travis Credit Union ranked 35th on the 2020 Bay Area Corporate Philanthropists List.

Vacaville, CA – The Travis Credit Union Foundation's COVID-19 Relief program started its second phase on July 24, 2021. The Foundation launched an immediate philanthropic campaign to support 10 community organizations in five counties in order to alleviate long-term economic problems brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. Donations from the general public will be matched up to $10,000 by the Travis Credit Union Foundation, which will provide grants to each nonprofit from Napa, Solano, Contra Costa, Merced, and Yolo counties.

Vacaville, CA – Travis Credit Union recently awarded 20 local high school students the Mary Keith Duff Memorial Scholarship. TCU offers annual scholarships to assist its young members with the increasing cost of higher education and to reinforce its commitment to the financial success of our country’s future leaders.

Vacaville, CA – Travis Credit Union, serving 12 counties in the eastern region of the San Francisco Bay Area and Central Valley, elected Deborah Aspling to oversee the financial cooperative as Board Chair, effective at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in April 2021.

Vacaville, CA – A week ago, the Travis Credit Union Foundation partnered with Buckingham Charter Magnet High School in Vacaville to put students’ financial savvy to the test. Through a hands-on, live budgeting simulation dubbed Mad City Money, students got a taste of what it is like to balance their finances in the real world—complete with occupation, salary, spouse, student loan debt, credit card debt, and medical insurance payments.

2021 Press Releases

Travis Credit Union Hosted Its First Financial Inclusion Forum

Travis Credit Union Announces President and CEO Retirement and Succession Plan

Travis Credit Union Wins the Prestigious Desjardins Youth Financial Education Award

Travis Credit Union Foundation Brings Mad City Money to Benicia High School

Travis Credit Union Welcomes Richard Word and Sal Vaca to the Board of Directors

Travis Credit Union Top 100 Bay Area Corporate Philanthropists

Travis Credit Union Foundation Offering Second Round of COVID-19 Relief to Ten Community Partners

The 2021 Mary Keith Duff Memorial Scholarship Recipients

Travis Credit Union Names 2021‑22 Board of Directors

First Fully Virtual Youth Financial Boot Camp

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