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Tony Budet: 2024 Herb Wegner Memorial Award Winner
Tony Budet has created a culture of caring in his personal, professional, and spiritual life that’s undeniable. As a leader and mentor, he has rallied people around him to meet […] Find out more »
Selfreliance Foundation: 2024 Herb Wegner Memorial Award Winner
We romanticize the immigrant’s story, imagining that it is a tale of our distant past and a book that closes on a picturesque sunset as the heroes land safely on […] Find out more »
Report: Foundation grants provide insights for credit unions to better support communities of color
The demographic makeup of the U.S. is forever changing. Understanding how an individual’s race, ethnicity and culture influences their financial behaviors is key to the credit union movement’s mission to […] Find out more »
Going all in to fight the racial wealth gap
America’s demographics are shifting, and credit unions have a decision to make: Invest in ways to support culturally diverse communities or risk being left behind. For Iowa’s GreenState Credit Union, […] Find out more »
Achieving long-term, sustainable growth through living your mission
If your community is growing, it’s also diversifying. To this point, the U.S. Latino population is growing rapidly in communities across the nation. In 2021, roughly one in five Americans […] Find out more »
“No credit score? No problem.” Simplifying small-dollar loans can help credit unions live their mission
FinTech has revolutionized mainstream financial services. Now it’s taking on the payday lenders—and credit unions can benefit. If you discovered your credit union members had borrowed $6 million in payday […] Find out more »