Kadince Blog

By Jaidyn Crookston | September 24, 2024 | 11 Minute Read

  So you’ve planned a super sweet company volunteer event with an impactful nonprofit in your community. You can’t wait to tell employees about it and start collecting registrations. This is going to be a good one!   But a few mi...

By Jaidyn Crookston | April 23, 2024 | 14 Minute Read

  Why you should partner with another financial institution  Have you ever thought of partnering with another financial institution? You work with community organizations, nonprofits, businesses, and community members, why not oth...

By Jaidyn Crookston | March 05, 2024 | 11 Minute Read

If you help run a bank or credit union community engagement program, you know that getting employees to volunteer (and tracking those hours) is hard. On a good day, you might log a dozen volunteer hours, and this number might jump u...

By Jaidyn Crookston | January 09, 2024 | 11 Minute Read

When you hear “this bank logged over 400 volunteer hours in one day,” you probably picture a bank of at least $2 billion in assets with tons of employees, right? Often, you would be right. It’s easier for large banks and credit unio...

By Jaidyn Crookston | August 02, 2022 | 14 Minute Read

Having a solid financial education is critical in today’s world. Without it, it’s easy to get into bad debt and make poor financial decisions that could negatively impact someone their entire life. While the country is getting bette...

By Jaidyn Crookston | July 19, 2022 | 8 Minute Read

Do you spend hours upon hours managing your financial institution’s events in spreadsheets and email?    Do you dread asking employees to submit their volunteer hours after an event because you know you’ll have to follow up seven ...

By Jaidyn Crookston | January 11, 2022 | 14 Minute Read

As a bank or credit union employee, you may be required to volunteer in your community each year. You love your community and want to volunteer, but there are just so many things on your plate right now. You’re busy helping customer...

By Jaidyn Crookston | December 07, 2021 | 7 Minute Read

Courtney Taylor (Senior VP and Community Development Officer at Veritex Community Bank) loves to be involved in her community. She serves on several bank and community boards, and is even a member of our own Kadince Advisory Board. ...

By Jaidyn Crookston | July 20, 2021 | 6 Minute Read

Are you looking for ways to get CRA credit for your financial institution? With so many possible activities and so few details about what counts for CRA credit, it can be difficult to figure out which activities will be the most ben...

By Jaidyn Crookston | June 29, 2021 | 9 Minute Read

One of the most important things your financial institution does is connect with potential customers. Recent research has shown that one of the best ways for a financial institution to connect with potential customers is by building...