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AmeriCU appoints small-business relationship manager for Mohawk Valley region
ROME, N.Y. — AmeriCU Credit Union has created a new role of small business-relationship manager of the Mohawk Valley to help support the growth and success of local small businesses and has promoted Michael Cook to fill the role. Cook will provide tailored guidance and assistance to help businesses achieve their financial goals. AmeriCU contends […]
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ROME, N.Y. — AmeriCU Credit Union has created a new role of small business-relationship manager of the Mohawk Valley to help support the growth and success of local small businesses and has promoted Michael Cook to fill the role.
Cook will provide tailored guidance and assistance to help businesses achieve their financial goals. AmeriCU contends that the new position will foster growth, sustainability, and success for the Mohawk Valley.
Cook brings more than 23 years of financial experience to the role, including 15 years as manager of AmeriCU’s Herkimer financial center.
“I am excited about establishing connections with local small businesses,” Cook said in a release. “Throughout the last 15 years, I have provided assistance to our Herkimer members, and now I am eager to extend the same support to our business members.”
Cook received an associate degree in business from Herkimer County Community College.
Rome–based AmeriCU Credit Union is a member-owned, nonprofit financial institution with total assets of $2.7 billion. It serves more than 160,000 members with 20 locations around central and northern New York.

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