Florida Banking October/November 2024

FBEF: FACES OF THE FOUNDATION

MEET FBEF SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT ANNA CAUSEY SOUTHSTATE BANK VICE PRESIDENT OF DEPOSIT AND CORPORATE COMPLIANCE MONITORING UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, AUGUST 2024

N ot many people know what type of job they want to have even before they graduate high school, but Anna Causey did. Having grown up in a house with three sisters, her older sister had always served as a positive role model for Causey, and she looked up to her. When her sister graduated from high school and got a job as a personal banker, Causey thought that was the most impressive thing in the world. Inspired by her sister’s career choice, she decided to apply to Bank of America as a part-time teller. After getting the job, Causey was very excited to have landed her first professional position and to have followed in her big sister’s footsteps. Starting in banking at the age of 18, Causey admitted she was overwhelmed by all of the rules, regulations and policies. Rather than stopping her from pursuing banking as a career, those challenges motivated her to learn all she could. Causey may not have gone straight into college out of high school but, with

her job in banking, she was learning just as much as others who did. Her eagerness to learn allowed her to acquire diverse skills and retain valuable information, leading to a full-time position at the bank. Her career continued to grow from there. Causey worked her way up from teller to teller coordinator to branch operations and then deposit Working to advance your career through education? The FBEF is here to help. FBEF funding applications are accepted throughout the year, with application deadlines of November 1, March 1 and June 1. Applications and eligibility information can be found online at FloridaBankers.com/FBEF. If you are think ing of applying for FBEF funding, please con tact FBEF Director Letty Newton at (850) 701 3522 or lnewton@floridabankers.com for more information on how the FBEF can help you. The FBEF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corpora tion registered with the Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, Registration #CH7621. Contributions to the FBEF are tax deductible. Organized in 1956, the FBEF contin ues to help bankers throughout Florida today. A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL-FREE 800-435-7352 WITHIN THE STATE. REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE. www.FloridaConsumerHelp.com

“BY DEEPENING MY KNOWLEDGE OF THE TECHNICAL AND PRACTICAL FACETS OF A BUSINESS CAREER, THE BUSINESS DISCIPLINES TAUGHT AT UF HELPED ME EXCEL IN MY CAREER..”

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