Credit union ally LendKey raises $5,000 for CU Aid

LendKey Raises $5,000 for NCUFs CUAid with Goodwill Wall at GAC LendKeys fund-raising efforts at the CUNA Governmental Affairs Conference resulted in a $5,000 donation to the National Credit Union Foundations CUAid program. LendKey is a CUNA Strategic Services alliance provider. From left, Wes Millar, senior vice president, CUNA Strategic Services; Jim Merrill, senior vice president of client services, LendKey; Vince Passione, CEO, LendKey; Tom Candell, deputy executive director/COO/CFO, NCUF; and Christopher Morris, director of communications, NCUF. (Photo courtesy of CUNA) The small gesture of sharing an individual business card resulted in a large outpouring of support for victims of Hurricane Sandy at this years CUNA Governmental Affairs Conference.� LendKey Technologies ended up donating $5,000 to CUAidthe credit union disaster relief fund managed by the National Credit Union Foundationafter pledging a $5 donation for every business card pinned to the Goodwill Wall in its booth in the exhibit hall. "We sincerely thank all of the GAC attendees that took the time to visit our booth and support Hurricane Sandy relief efforts," said Vince Passione, CEO of LendKey. "Our employees, and many of our clients, were in areas hit the hardest by the storm.� Were happy to contribute $5,000 toward helping the victims recover fully." Headquartered in New York, and with offices in Ohio, LendKey is a CUNA Strategic Services alliance provider that offers a cloud-based lending platform for credit unions to make private student loans to their members.