182-Bonus Episode- Everything You Need to Know About Credit Unions and Why Banking with a Credit Union is Good for Your Wallet and Community

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Are you a part of your local credit union? Ron McLean, president of</span> <a href= "https://www.ccua.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cooperative Credit Union Association</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, shares why everyone should join a credit union and debunks common myths associated with credit unions. The mission of a credit union is people helping people, which includes caring for families, communities, and businesses. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Credit unions aim to form meaningful relationships with their customers and emphasize people over profit.  This is clear through the ways credit unions uplift their customers, serve underserved communities, assist with economic injustice, and educate it’s communities on financial education and literacy. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Joining a credit union can be an integral part of your journey to reaching Financial Freedom because it helps to give you more options to banking. There is a credit union available for any and everybody, with one simple search you can find the one nearest to you today. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode you’ll learn:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The mission of credit unions</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How credit unions work and serve local communities</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why you can trust credit unions with your money</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What myths are not true when it comes to credit unions</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How to join your local credit union, and much more…</span></li> </ul> <p>Special thanks to DCU for sponsoring the episode! Learn more about DCU by clicking <a href= "https://www.dcu.org/?utm_source=jamila&utm_medium=influencer&utm_campaign=dcu_q4_2020&utm_content=