Now that regulatory changes have gone into effect, anyone who hasn’t opted in for Courtesy Pay Plus will face rejection at the register or ATM if they attempt to use their debit card when they don’t have sufficient funds in their checking account. Being rejected can be inconvenient and a little embarrassing. Of course, the [...]
Celebrate the first weekend of autumn at Seattle’s newest park! Twelve acres of green space at the edge of Lake Union, the brand-new park was identified 100 years ago as the perfect setting for just such a purpose. The City has been slowly buying up the waterfront property for the last 20 years, and the [...]
You may notice a little change in the next Gear Up you receive—it’s a little bit longer and not called “Gear Up” anymore! We’re streamlining our newsletters, so three times a year, instead of receiving both a digital News You Can Use and a printed or emailed Gear Up, members will receive a longer News [...]
Heroes of Healthcare If you walked into any of our branches on August 19 and 20, you probably noticed the heavenly smells of popcorn and great deals in the air! Those two days were chosen for our inaugural Heroes of Healthcare celebration—an event which we’re planning to hold quarterly—to give us an opportunity to connect [...]
There’s been a lot of discussion lately about the poor decision-making and less-than-stellar customer service at many of the big banks. Historically, switching financial institutions seemed like too much trouble, so many unhappy bank customers simply put up with conditions at their banks. No longer. Not only are more and more customers demanding better treatment [...]
As every parent of a school-aged child knows, September is back-to-school time! It’s a busy time for the whole family: buying school supplies and clothes for bodies that seem to outgrow them before Thanksgiving, packing lunches, meeting teachers, arranging schedules that are suddenly more crowded than ever. But it’s a good time, despite the hustle [...]
Guest blog from Kathy D in our Human Resources Department: Do you know what ICE is? Other than the clear frozen square object you put in your glass to keep your drinks cold, ICE stands for In Case of Emergency. The ICE campaign was launched a few years back, by a British paramedic. He responded [...]
You know that Salal CU is the financial institution that’ll go the extra mile to help members–well, now we’re going the extra mile to raise some money! Salal’s Rain City Runners, Walkers, Bikers and Swimmers are raising money for International Community Health Services and HealthPoint by collecting pledges of contributions for each mile run, ridden, walked or [...]
