Kadince Blog

By Jaidyn Crookston | February 21, 2023 | 7 Minute Read

What’s more likely to convince an employee to volunteer? 1) Knowing that their volunteer hours will count towards the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) and help their institution get a good rating? Or 2) knowing that volunteering get...

By Jaidyn Crookston | January 17, 2023 | 6 Minute Read

If you recently started or revamped an employee volunteer program, you’re likely learning that getting employees to volunteer is even more difficult than you thought. (And you thought it would be plenty hard.)     While there are ...

By Jaidyn Crookston | December 13, 2022 | 7 Minute Read

So, you’ve created an amazing volunteer program. Now you’re waiting for those employee volunteer hours to start rolling in.    And waiting.    And waiting.    Nothing. Zip. Zilch.    Why aren’t your institution’s employees v...

By Jaidyn Crookston | November 22, 2022 | 8 Minute Read

Young people make up a large percentage of your community. If your financial institution doesn’t spend time building connections with them, you’ll lose out on a lot of opportunities and potential customers/members.    A Bankrate s...

By Jaidyn Crookston | November 07, 2022 | 13 Minute Read

Many financial institutions have employee volunteer programs. These programs serve to encourage employees to volunteer in their communities, get the institution’s name out there, earn CRA credit, and more. While these programs are v...

By Jaidyn Crookston | October 17, 2022 | 10 Minute Read

You know it’s important for your financial institution’s employees to volunteer. You know that volunteering comes with many benefits, both for your institution and your employees. What may be difficult to know is how to actually get...

By Jaidyn Crookston | October 04, 2022 | 10 Minute Read

You’ve probably heard that you should encourage your institution’s employees to volunteer. But just because you know you should encourage employees to volunteer doesn't mean you know why. Or how. And with how difficult these program...

By Jaidyn Crookston | September 13, 2022 | 11 Minute Read

If you’ve ever had a brilliant idea at work before, you know that gathering support for it can be hard. Not everyone is going to love your idea, and even those who do may be hesitant to throw their support behind you. But if you wan...

By Jaidyn Crookston | August 30, 2022 | 9 Minute Read

Community involvement is one of the most valuable ways to build goodwill as a financial institution. And your employees are crucial to this effort. Without the talents, hard work, and bright smiles of bank and credit union employees...

By Jaidyn Crookston | August 24, 2022 | 12 Minute Read

Every financial institution strives to serve its community in various ways. For some, this means holding events, investing in community organizations, and donating to nonprofits. For others, this means starting and running a nonprof...

By Jaidyn Crookston | August 02, 2022 | 13 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 Kayla Czappa | July 12, 2022 | 5 Minute Read

With rising inflation and living costs, more people are turning to reputable financial institutions for answers—where to store their money, whether to buy or sell a house, how to save and invest, and so on. And it takes a lot of con...

By Kayla Czappa | June 14, 2022 | 5 Minute Read

Financial institutions do a great job helping everyone—communities, families, schools, you name it. And with so many efforts geared toward serving and strengthening their communities, it’s no wonder banks and credit unions have begu...

By Jaidyn Crookston | May 24, 2022 | 7 Minute Read

Creating and maintaining relationships in your community is one of the most important things you can do as a bank or credit union community specialist. Your financial institution probably has a wide variety of formal and informal co...

By Jaidyn Crookston | February 01, 2022 | 6 Minute Read

Imagine how hopeless and afraid you might feel if you had no home, no job, and weren’t able to provide for your family. Half a million Americans live this nightmare every single day, including whole families with nowhere to go.    T...

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 | November 02, 2021 | 6 Minute Read

If you struggle to engage bank employees in your CRA program, you aren’t alone. Just like most financial institutions, Seacoast Bank used to find it hard to engage employees and spread the word about their community initiatives.    ...

By Jaidyn Crookston | October 26, 2021 | 7 Minute Read

The information in this article came from our webinar with Linda Ezuka of CRA Today, Sue Kocsis from Pinnacle Bank, and Nick Hammerstad from Banzai.    Why is financial literacy so important?Take a look at these statistics:   • Worl...