Recognition of an employee who has significantly contributed to the overall success of Astra Bank; that is the mission of the Shining Star program. This award is given out on a quarterly basis to an employee who has gone above and beyond the call of duty in their day-to-day work. Nominations are submitted by their fellow peers.  Astra Bank is pleased to announce the two recipients of the “Shining Star” award for the 2^nd quarter of 2017 are Chandler Johnston and Vicki Nothern!

“Celebrate good times, come on!” It isn’t every day that you open a brand new location, and better yet, get to celebrate it with the community in which you serve. We were privileged to have had the opportunity to do just that last week with an open house event. Months of decisions, planning, and construction were now complete. The only thing left to do was share this occasion with…YOU!

“Back to school, back to school…to prove to Dad that I’m not a fool!” Yes, summer has flown by and it is time to start marking off the school supply list. Shopping may even begin for new pants, shirts and even those new shoes that everyone thinks they need because they’re “cool.” Although those new kicks will get a lot of looks, you can get back to school in style AND support your school with a school spirit debit card!

As part of our community-focused high school debit card program, Astra Bank recently (and proudly) added two new schools to the mix. Prior to adding the Palco Roosters and Sacred Heart Grade School cards, the program featured eight schools in the communities we serve. We are very excited to be able to add these schools and continue to provide an easy way for anyone who wants to give back to those schools.

BestColleges.com, an independent organization focusing on college planning resources and rankings, recently released their annual rankings of the top online colleges and college programs in the nation for 2017.  Non-profit schools & school programs are ranked using information derived from the National Center for Education Statistics.