by Hannah L. | Dec 19, 2020 | Blog Posts, Credit Unions, Financial Education
In October 1933, a small group of employees at an oil refinery in Ponca City, Oklahoma organized the Conoco Employees (PC) Credit Union, at that time only the second credit union chartered in the state. Now, 87 years later, Cherokee Strip Credit Union provides some of... 
by Hannah L. | Dec 15, 2020 | Blog Posts, Credit Unions
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 would work for the benefit of everyday people... 
by Hannah L. | Nov 20, 2020 | Blog Posts, Credit Unions, Financial Education, financial literacy
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 opportunity for financial institutions: this is the time to... 
by Hannah L. | Nov 6, 2020 | Blog Posts, Credit Unions, Gen Z
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 can play in young people’s lives almost every day. And so the... by Hannah L. | Oct 30, 2020 | Blog Posts, Credit Unions, Financial Education, financial literacy
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 the University of Hawai’i. UFCU partnered with Zogo... 
by Hannah L. | Oct 23, 2020 | Blog Posts, Credit Unions, Financial Education
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 union movement, once said, “A credit union is an educational institution.” Well...