Wendy Knight named Branch Manager at Clay Street location of Mutual Credit Union

Wednesday, January 25th, 2023

Vicksburg, Miss. – Mutual Credit Union is pleased to announce the hiring of Wendy Knight as Branch Manager of our Clay Street location.

Wendy Knight

Originally from Chicago, IL, Wendy began her career as a Teller Coordinator with Bank of America. Throughout her 8+ years there, she held a variety of roles with increasing responsibility, including Personal Banker, Client Service Specialist, Lead Operations Representative and Teller Supervisor. Since moving to the Vicksburg area in 2013, she has been a Financial Relationship Senior Consultant with Regions Bank – focusing on proactively meeting the banking and financial service needs of her clients. Her goal has always been to provide quality service to customers through efficient branch operations and a positive team environment which she is eager to bring to the Clay Street Branch.

Michael Mathews, CEO of Mutual Credit Union, stated, “We have taken our time in the search for a Manager of our Clay Street location as it is an important role. We are excited to add Wendy to the Mutual team as she embodies all of the qualities we were looking for in a candidate to successfully lead the branch and serve our members and staff well.”


Mutual Credit Union continues to be a multi-branch financial institution offering world-class products and services in the following counties: Warren, Hinds, Yazoo, Issaquena, Sharkey, Claiborne, and Copiah with an expanded presence now in Lowndes County, MS and Pickens County, Alabama. In 2021, we celebrated 90 years of service to our members and our communities. Although Mutual CU might look a little different now than it did in 1931, we remain your credit union focused on ‘people helping people.’ We continue to look forward to the future and to secure the economic prosperity of our members. 

For more information about Mutual Credit Union, please follow this link to our webpage. For additional questions, please call 877-457-3654.

Christie Bethley named Branch Manager at Columbus location of Mutual Credit Union

Friday, January 6th, 2023

Columbus, Miss. – Mutual Credit Union is pleased to announce the promotion of Christie Bethley to Branch Manager of our Columbus location.

Christie Bethley

Christie joined the Mutual team on April 21st, 2022 as a Financial Services Representative at our Columbus branch, but comes from an extensive background in the banking world. She began her career at Bank of America as a Fraud Detection Specialist before becoming a Full-Service Personal Banker with First Midwest Bank. In 2013, Christie joined the credit union world as a Member Services Representative for Georgia’s Own Credit Union where she later became a Consumer Loan Officer. Christie holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and English from The University of Mississippi.

Michael Mathews, CEO of Mutual Credit Union, stated, “Although Christie has worked for Mutual less than a year, she has a wealth of knowledge in the credit union industry and has been a wonderful addition to our Columbus Branch. Because of the asset she has proven to be in such a short time, we are proud to promote her to Branch Manager of this location and know it will be the perfect fit.”


Mutual Credit Union continues to be a multi-branch financial institution offering world-class products and services in the following counties: Warren, Hinds, Yazoo, Issaquena, Sharkey, Claiborne, and Copiah with an expanded presence now in Lowndes County, MS and Pickens County, Alabama. In 2021, we celebrated 90 years of service to our members and our communities. Although Mutual CU might look a little different now than it did in 1931, we remain your credit union focused on ‘people helping people.’ We continue to look forward to the future and to secure the economic prosperity of our members. 

For more information about Mutual Credit Union, please follow this link to our webpage. For additional questions, please call 877-457-3654.