very few weeks a credit union that I've done some business with the past few years sends me a mailer or two. The message is almost always the same: Get Your Home Loan Through ABCDEFG Credit Union! Refinance Your Home Loan Through ABCDEFG Credit Union! The photo on the mailer is always of a smiling family, posing in front of their lovely McMansion as a dog frolics in their begonias in the background. hey look darn happy.
We are at the tail end of Financial Literacy Month in the US for 2013, with the week of April 21–27 tagged as National Credit Union Youth Week.
Recently, I bought a new thermometer for our home. There was nothing wrong with our current model—it was programmable and did a fine job of controlling the heat and air conditioning. In fact, I had never given the subject any thought whatsoever.
We helped Tropical Financial Credit Union launch Young & Free Florida today. Based in Miramar, Florida, Tropical Financial has over $600 million in assets and serves 55,000 members in the South Florida market. Tropical Financial has a number of key components going for it that will make Young & Free Florida really work.
hile at SXSW a few weeks ago, I got a chance to visit Google's "Playhouse" - an interactive area they had set up that featured some awesome food (gourmet tator tots and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches) and prototypes of new projects (some sort of electric shoe!), including a guy walking around wearing Google Glasses.
As I've stated in earlier posts, I believe that the postal system is a less than awesome method of communication for financial institutions. I'd much rather receive an email with my monthly statement than kill a tree or two on a tome of paper that I'll glance at and throw in the trash.
Five years ago this week, Larissa Walkiw and I presented at the 2008 CUES Execu/Summit in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Fast forward to 2013 and I'm back for another go. This time in Snowmass Village, Colorado which is just down the road from Aspen.
Over the past few days, I had the pleasure of attending the Credit Union National Association Government Affairs Conference in Washington, DC. With over 4,200 attendees, the GAC is the largest credit union conference in the world with the largest exhibitor hall of any financial services conference in the world.
Well, not now. You're about two weeks too late. But, if you were grappling with the tough decision to take 30 minutes out of your day and make one say, around Valentine's Day, then the answer should have been yes.
We helped Guardian Credit Union launch Young & Free Alabama today. Based in the Montgomery, Alabama, Guardian has $225 million in assets and serves 34,000 members. While Guardian is the smallest credit union to undertake Young & Free on its own, it is one of the fastest growing credit unions in the state of Alabama.
