Many core conversions were put on hold during the pandemic, but those seem to be moving full speed ahead now. If your financial institution is facing a conversion, you may feel overwhelmed. After all, a lot goes into a successful core conversion, and along the way, there can be many challenges and obstacles.
Ah, the holiday season! It’s a time to make memories and continue traditions with family and friends. However, there is one downside many can agree on – it’s expensive! Budgets are stretched (and often exceeded) to accommodate all the fun. While some plan accordingly for the festivities, many charge the expenses to their high-rate credit card with no solid plan for repaying the debt.
When Natalia Custodio went into marketing and graphic design at University of California, Davis, in 2013, she hadn’t given any thought to working for a credit union.
Infographics have an amazing ability to tell stories through displaying data, which is why they have become such a widely used means of mass communication. Simply put, an infographic is a visual representation of data, and it displays this data in a way that captures readers’ interest and improves comprehension.
A dramatic change in priorities for financial institutions this year is causing readers of the Guide to Financial Marketing to take notice. The report, which is sponsored by Duluxe and has been produced every year for the last five, provides a helpful survey about topics of interest to financial marketers.
Putting your newsletter into the hands of image.works means you’re going to get an outstanding product – one that reflects your brand, tells your story and ultimately boosts relationships with current and prospective accountholders. But where do you start?
image.works is growing to meet more of your needs! We recently welcomed two new employees: Alex Risch, a graphic designer on our creative team, and Santos Campos, an account executive on our sales team. We’d like to help you get to know these talented new IW team members:
Alex Risch
As an image.works Marketing Project Coordinator, I help manage and coordinate the flow of client projects from the moment they come through our door to the time they reach your door (or that of your customers and members). When you give final approval on a financial marketing project, you are understandably excited to get your final pieces – and we’re just as excited to show them to you!
Recently, FICO announced changes that could help many people get better rates on credit cards, mortgages and other loans. The new version of FICO gives less weight to medical debts in collections (which represent about half of all unpaid collections) as well as to collection debts already paid, leading to a more predictive score.
With the IRA deadline approaching on April 15, 2015, you’re likely reminding your customers and members to make their last-minute IRA contributions for the 2014 tax year. But how often do you remind them throughout the year to roll over their money from qualified retirement plans to an IRA at your financial institution?