Filene Research Institute

Through independent research and innovation programs, the Filene Research Institute explores issues vital to the future of credit unions and consumer finance.


Young Adult Recruiting

  1. Young Adult Transaction Accounts

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    Services like Capital One’s Card Lab, which allows customers to individualize features like APR, rewards, and the card image, confirm an opinion expressed regularly in Filene’s 30 Under 30 group: Young adults enjoy custom products. This brief surveys more than 20 credit unions across the country that have transaction accounts geared toward young adults.

    categories » CU Tomorrow, Marketing, Consumer Behavior and Market Research, Young Adult Recruiting

  2. Baby Boom and You

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    According to the Center for Disease Control and www.babycenter.com, 2005-2006 saw a 3 percent increase in the number of babies born in the United States. This is the largest single year increase in the number of births since 1989, and the largest total number of births since 1967. But what does this have to do with you and your credit union?

    categories » Young Adult Recruiting

  3. Hosed at work?

    Younger employees don’t dig hosiery … one Kansas credit union makes an incremental change.

    What do you think: mandatory or optional hose at work?

    (And the shredder photo is awesome …)

    categories » CU Tomorrow, Young Adult Recruiting, Young Adults and Families