Self-Help merges with Greater Piedmont Credit Union

Self-Help Credit Union has merged with Greater Piedmont Credit Union.. Self-Help was founded in Durham 26 years ago, and has provided more than $6.9 billion in financing to individuals and businesses typically undeserved by traditional financial institutions.With the merger, Self-Help now has 20 branches in North Carolina and Virginia, which serve more than 65,000 people.

Self-Help Acquires Generations Community Credit Union

Durham-based Self-Help Credit Union will get a traditional retail banking branch in Durham with the acquisition of Generations Community Credit union.

Commercial Real Estate Women Awards Honors

The Triangle Chapter of Commercial Real Estate Women has presented its annual Champion Awards to several Durham businesses including Self Help Ventures, Traditional Neighborhood Development Partners, Syngenta, Research Triangle Park and others.

Self-Help Plans $12M Grocery Store, Office

Self-Help plans to break ground next month on a $12 million building project at a former city-owned parking lot property at 111 W. Chapel Hill St., a project they are calling Kent Corner.

Self-Help Project Coming to West Chapel Hill Street

A Self-Help credit union project will bring a cooperative grocery and other businesses to West Chapel Hill Street.

Self-Help Awarded Tax Credits in Federal Program to Spur Investment

Self-Help Ventures Fund in Durham has been awarded $25 million in tax credits that it can, in turn, use to try to attract private capital investments in low-income or distressed areas. The institution was one of three in the state awarded a slice of $120 million in New Market Tax Credit authority from the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.

Durham Businesses Win 2012 Triangle Green Business Challenge

The Triangle J Council of Governments recently named award winners for the 2012 Triangle Green Business Challenge. Awards were presented to three Durham businesses; Ninth Street Bakery, Self-Help Credit Union and BioCryst Pharmaceuticals. Twenty-one companies and organizations participated in the challenge to help businesses improve the efficiency and sustainability of their day-to-day operations.

NerdWallet Tours Latino Community CU and Self-Help for Community Programming

Personal finance website NerdWallet.com  has recognized two Durham credit unions for their community-focused programs, products and services: Latino Community CU, for its outreach to at-risk populations and Self-Help for its innovative "micro-branch.”