State Employees' Credit Union (SECU) has added EMV (chip) technology to its debit card portfolio, making it one of the first financial institutions in the country to add the microchips for increased transaction security over traditional magnetic stripe cards.
The cards are also more difficult to copy, providing enhanced security against lost, stolen and counterfeit card fraud. SECU will begin its migration in March, with a completion target date for late 2011.
A-B Tech's Global Institute for Sustainability Technologies (GIST) and student organization Green Power are sponsoring a screening of the Asheville-produced documentary film, "On Coal River" at noon March 2 in Ferguson Auditorium on the College's Asheville campus.
Free admission for students with ID. A $5 donation is suggested for nonstudents. There will be a director Q & A session after the screening. For more information on the screening, contact Ashley Edwards at ashleyredwards@students.abtech.edu.
State Employees' Credit Union (SECU) has added Overdraft Fee Free Days to its checking account services. Every SECU checking account enrolled in the Overdraft Protection Program will now automatically receive the benefit of having overdraft transfer fees waived for two days each calendar year. Overdraft funds will be transferred from the protecting account as needed to cover items in a member's checking account, but members will not be charged any overdraft transfer fee(s) for those two days.
A-B Tech's Global Institute for Sustainability Technologies offers the following sustainability tip for March. Try Meatless Mondays. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization estimate the meat industry generates nearly one-fifth of the man-made greenhouse gas emissions....far more than transportation. This Monday try to go meatless for the entire day. You're not only helping the environment you're also getting healthy. Check out the recipes below to get inspired!
The A-B Tech Drama Club's 11th production, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, will be shown at 7 p.m. March 3-5 in Ferguson Auditorium. The production is directed, designed and choreographed by A-B Tech student Jacob Wallen. Tickets are $3 for A-B Tech students and staff, $5 for area students and $10 for adults. Call 828-206-9653 for reservations.
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