By Kelly “The angry elf” Clemmer, Encompass Marketing It’s nearly Christmas and here you are, reading a financial institution’s blog. In a year of catastrophe calendars (who had monoliths preparing for an alien invasion for December?) and so many new pandemic-related words added to the dictionary, here’s a little distraction from all things COVID on…
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How to Open a Bank Account Online at Encompass Credit Union
“Time is money”, or so the old saying goes. At Encompass Credit Union, we couldn’t agree more because we have the utmost respect for your time. We understand that you might be busy managing your business, taking care of your family, or just dealing with life. Although we like talking to you in person, in…
Spooky spending for Halloween
Most people like Halloween. Some LOVE it, some not so much. If yelling at kids to get off your lawn counts, then it’s closer to 80 per cent of people love to celebrate Halloween. Upwards of $8 billion is spent annually on Halloween. Yes, billion with a B. That’s just in the US, on costumes,…
Inspiring Hope for International Credit Union Day
by Ian Burns, President and Chief Executive Officer, Alberta Credit Unions Inspiring hope for a global community. It may sound like a formidable challenge, but that’s exactly what credit unions around the world strive to do every day. It’s also the theme for International Credit Union (ICU) Day, which falls on Thursday, October 15 this…
Encompass accepting community grant applications for 2021
Encompass Credit Union is accepting applications for its Community Social Responsibility Investment Program until the end of November 2020.The annual community grant funding allows for up to a maximum $10,000 grant for a capital project in 2021. The program was designed for larger requests that would fall outside of the usual requests from minor sports…
Canadian Credit Unions serve their communities
If you’re reading this on July 1st, Happy Canada Day! If you’re reading this any other day, Happy Canada Day anyway. Since it is that time of year, even though 2020 is the year that everyone would like to forget, let’s talk a tiny bit about Canadian credit unions and other financial institutions! How patriotic!…
Quick tips for saving in this economy
Right now we know that money is tight, and there are certainly some unknowns going forward as Alberta enters Phase 2 of the re-opening of the province. So here are money-saving tips that might help you just keep a few extra hard-earned dollars in your wallet, during this umm, ‘downturned’ economy. Yeah, let’s call it…
Could we be on the road to recovery?
As Canada and Alberta make their way through this pandemic, moving into new stages of whatever the future normalcy looks like, we are seeing positive trends in the Canadian economy, and maybe for some areas, some of the worst is behind us. That being said, if you have your 2020 bingo card handy, the chances…
The pandemic making us an even more cashless society
During the pandemic, how often have you reached into to your wallet or purse and instead of paying with cash, you reached for your contactless or “tap” debit card or credit card so you didn’t have to touch anything? If you used cash then you’d have to accept change, from someone else. Everywhere you go,…
After COVID, what is the New Normal?
As Alberta and Canada start to return back to the “new normal” things have definitely changed since COVID-19. Economically, physically, and even how we shop for groceries or enjoy sporting events will likely be different. What does that mean for you and your banking? Since early March, when the spread of the virus became a…
