Our Young & Free Market Assessment for our newest Young & Free credit union, Tropical Financial Credit Union in Florida, uncovered two key findings to address its problem of an ageing membership—a potential growth of 4% in their credit union's youth segment, and a gap in the competitive youth account offering that Tropical Financial could fill.
Last week Instagram announced a new video feature, giving Vine a run for it's money. Instagram video adds the ability to re-arrange your video clips, stabilize them and add filters. If you haven't tried it yet, download the update and report back to us with how you like it.
Kaison Darden, 20, from Wetumpka, Alabama, has just been announced as the Young & Free Alabama Spokester for Guardian Credit Union. And while her four-week journey from submitting an application, to becoming a finalist, and finally winning the role of Young & Free Alabama Spokester is an amazing story, more amazing is how a credit union with $250 million in assets brought such an involved program to their staff, members and community.
Last week we launched our first ever loan campaign for Servus Credit Union's Young & Free Alberta. As we reach the program’s sixth anniversary, that seems almost impossible to believe, yet our philosophy with Young & Free has always been to connect with people on a personal level, using lots of social avenues, so that they remember your awesome credit union when they need that checking account, or loan or credit card.
Every month it seems that dozens of credit unions around the continent decide to shed their names and adopt newer, hipper, identities. The Financial Brand did a quick round up of some notable name changes, and it's interesting, to say the least. Almost all of the names sound incredibly Web 2.0. Let's play a game—from the list below, pick out which ones are credit union names and which ones are Pokemon! Ready? Here we go!
What happens when you put smart people on a bus, drive them to interesting places in Washington, DC and Virginia, introduce them to even smarter people, and challenge them to improve consumers' financial lives?
I made my maiden voyage to Wisconsin last week. Known as the Credit Union Mecca, Madison is home to CUNA, CUNA Mutual, WOCCU, CUES and the Filene Research. Matt Davis gave me the grand tour while I was there. It was a pretty cool trip.
My beloved Jeep finally gave up on me, so I found myself needing to get a new set of wheels. Once I'd selected my lovely new ride it was time to do all of the necessary little things ou have to do when you switch vehicles—secure financing, get it inspected, etc. I made the decision to switch insurance companies because my rate tripled with my current company, and only doubled with another. I scheduled a good chunk of time (because these things always take hours) and gave them a ring to cancel my policy.
I haven't been shopping in a Kmart in at least fifteen years. And it's been about ten years since I've seen one here in Texas—they've mostly closed up all their shops due to poor sales (and bankruptcy) in this region. owever, I do have a few words that I associate with Kmart. Low-budget. Bankrupt. Old-fashioned. Tired. How-are-they-still-in-business. Need I go on?
Avoiding cringe-worthy tweets during times of tragedy just takes a little forethought. Here are some fails, and a few tips to help you navigate tweeting when world events take center stage.
