Atlanta-based 1st Choice Credit Union, which serves Grady Health System employees, announced in July that it will merge with Mississippi-based HOPE Credit Union and its affiliates, Hope Enterprise Corp. and Hope Policy Institute.

1st Choice currently manages over $32 million in assets and serves nearly 8,600 members. It operates locations at Grady Memorial Hospital and in the Sweet Auburn neighborhood and is affiliated with the Morehouse School of Medicine, Emory School of Medicine, Southside Medical Center, Atlanta Life Insurance Company, and the South Fulton Community Development Corporation.

1st Choice has been serving the Atlanta community since 1946, originally named Hospital Authority until 1991. According to Billy Wright, the chief financial officer of Grady Health System, its pri

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