Redwood Credit Union has hired Steve Ward as senior vice president of business services. In this role, Ward leads a team dedicated to providing exceptional experiences for current and new business members across RCU’s eight-county Northern California field of membership. Ward’s team helps business leaders and entrepreneurs in our communities with business lending, business deposits, cash management, merchant services, payroll, investment services, and business insurance products tailored to meet their unique needs and goals.
Ward brings more than 20 years of financial services experience in business banking, consumer credit, wealth management, and retail banking to his role at RCU. Prior to joining the credit union, Ward spent two decades at Wells Fargo Bank, where he held several senior leadership positions serving communities across the western U.S. He has served on the boards of Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center and Urban Solutions, helping small businesses understand the resources available in their communities.
Ward is a long-time Marin County resident and works out of RCU’s Santa Rosa administrative offices.
About Redwood Credit Union
Founded in 1950, Redwood Credit Union is a full-service financial institution providing personal and business banking to consumers and businesses in the North Bay and San Francisco. With a mission to passionately serve the best interests of its Members, team members, and communities, RCU delivers many ways for its Members to save and build money through checking and savings accounts, auto and home loans, credit cards, digital banking, business services, commercial and SBA lending, and more. Wealth management and investment services are available through CUSO Financial Services L.P., and insurance and auto-purchasing services are also offered through RCU Services Group (RCU’s wholly owned subsidiary). RCU has more than $8 billion in assets and serves more than 450,000 members with full-service branches from San Francisco to Ukiah. For more information, call 1 (800) 479-7928, visit redwoodcu.org, or follow RCU on Facebook, Instagram, X, and LinkedIn for news and updates.