We spoke with four college students that chose to use a credit union over a bank. Here are the three main findings... They really cared about credit unions being not-for-profit: R: “The charitable donations made [...]
Four years ago, a local financial institution came to my school to give a one-hour financial literacy workshop. The banker walked in and started droning on: “I’m from the local bank. Today, we’ll [...]
Back in 2019, I was 19 years old and a sophomore at Duke University. I hated how schools were attempting to teach us financial literacy - countless dull presentations that would always leave my class [...]
Thank you for tuning in to episode 2 of The CUInsight Network, with your host, Randy Smith, co-founder of CUInsight.com. In The CUInsight Network, we take a deeper dive with the thought leaders who [...]
Patrick, 20 “I’m charged overdraft fees all the time. I’m a broke college student who sometimes forgets how much money I have in my account, I shouldn’t be charged $40 for it. [...]
If I were to bet $100, I would bet that they probably learned it from you. Or maybe...they still don’t know what a credit union is. Now let’s think about your membership. [...]
In 1927, the financial cooperative that eventually became Unity One Credit Union was created by a small group of railway clerks with the Great Northern Railroad located in Minnesota who needed a financial institution that [...]
The coronavirus crisis is stretching into its ninth month — and the pandemic is still weighing heavy on the minds (and pocketbooks) of many Americans. As difficult as they may be, times like these present an [...]
Carly, 22, Wells Fargo: I would! Their mobile app is awesome. Mac, 19, Coastal Credit Union: I wouldn’t. I feel like I don’t love my bank enough, or I haven’t had a [...]
Zogo spends a lot of time talking about credit unions. We have the opportunity to work with dozens of credit unions across the country, and we think critically about these institutions and the role they [...]
The University of Hawai’i Federal Credit Union was spearheaded by 10 UH colleagues in the mid-1950s. Now, the credit union serves more than 30,000 members, including employees, students, alumni and family members of [...]
Chapel, 22: “My guess is that a credit union is more local and personable.” Hannah, 20: “Do I know the difference between a bank and a credit union? The answer is no. I literally do [...]
The other day, I was reading through the website of one of Zogo’s partners when a particular quote caught my eye. It read something like this: “As Edward A. Filene, father of the credit [...]
MassMutual Federal Credit Union was first formed in 1962 by 35 employees of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. Since then, the credit union has grown to more than 13,000 members, exclusively serving MassMutual [...]
Recently, I read Annamaria Lusardi’s article in Forbes about the importance of financial literacy in light of the COVID-19 economic recession. I’ve felt the devastating financial consequences of the pandemic in my own [...]
