SOUTH KINGSTOWN, RI / ACCESSWIRE / October 1, 2024 / Westerly Community Credit Union has announced a partnership with Greenlight® Financial Technology, Inc. ("Greenlight") to better serve families and help the next generation build healthy financial futures. This partnership offers Westerly Community Credit Union members free access to Greenlight's award-winning family finance app.
Westerly Community Credit Union and Greenlight partnership logo
Parents rank personal finance as the #1 most difficult life skill to teach their children with 81% saying they wish they had more financial education tools and resources.* By using the Greenlight debit card and app, parents can teach kids and teens how to earn, save, give, and spend wisely - all with parental supervision. Using the Greenlight app, parents can send money instantly, automate allowance payments, manage chores, set flexible spending controls, get real-time notifications of all transactions, and more. Kids and teens get hands-on money management experience, along with access to Greenlight Level Up™, an in-app financial literacy game with a best-in-class curriculum, educational challenges, and rewards.
"We're excited to partner with Greenlight to help teach our youth important money management skills," stated Meg Sisco, WCCU Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President of Retail Experience. "At Westerly Community Credit Union, we feel this partnership perfectly complements our existing financial literacy initiatives in local schools, at the University of Rhode Island, and through our WCCU website."
WCCU members can receive a free Greenlight subscription by registering through http://www.westerlyccu.com/greenlight and adding their Westerly Community Credit Union checking account as a funding source. If you are not currently a Westerly Community Credit Union member, simply open a checking account online at westerlyccu.com or at any of our branches in Westerly, Richmond, Wakefield, or Coventry.
*Survey insights were collected by Greenlight through a Researchscape survey fielded between February 9-12, 2023, among 1,034 U.S. respondents, all of whom were working parents of 8-18 year olds.
About Westerly Community Credit Union:
The WCCU mantra, #WCCUCares, emphasizes their focus on caring about their members, their members' financial success, and their community. Established in 1948, Westerly Community Credit Union is a local, full-service financial institution that currently serves over 23,000 members with lending and deposit products through convenient locations in Westerly, Richmond, Wakefield, Coventry, and online at www.westerlyccu.com. Recent WCCU awards: Westerly Sun's 2023 Community Choice for Best Credit Union and Best Financial Planning Services; Southern RI 2023 Community Choice Awards for Best Credit Union; Southern RI 2023 Chamber Choice Awards "Spreadin' the Love Giving Back Award", as well as PBN's Best Places to Work (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024), and PBN's Fastest Growing Companies, 2024.
Contact
Meg Sisco, Marketing - Westerly Community Credit Union, 401-596-7000 x2017 msisco@westerlyccu.com
Contact Information
Meg Sisco
Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President of Retail Experience
msisco@westerlyccu.com
401-637-4417
SOURCE: Westerly Community Credit Union
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