As the days get longer and warmer, you’ll probably notice an increase in bikes on the road. At Salal, we support our employees’ efforts to be healthier and “greener,” so once again, we’re hosting a bike-to-work team here at your credit union! Friday, May 18 is Bike to Work Day, and Salal will host a [...]
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has been struggling financially for some time now. According to a recent article on Reuters.com, the agency lost $3.3 billion in the last quarter of 2011 alone. In order to keep the mail moving, cuts to service and price increases are under consideration in the US House and Senate. [...]
It’s great that interest rates on mortgages are so low, but you can’t refinance if your home is worth less than you owe on it, right? Wrong: you may be underwater, but you’re no longer out of luck. Thanks to recent changes in the Home Affordable Refinance Program, even homeowners who have lost significant equity [...]
It’s spring fever—we can’t help ourselves. We want to celebrate the warmer weather, the longer days, the sunny skies, and we want to give our members reasons to celebrate too. If you haven’t stopped by your branch recently, now’s a great time to drop in and take advantage of our terrific promotions! Salal’s Visa Credit [...]
Your Board of Directors, Senior Management team and I have exciting news to share: our own SVP and Chief Financial Officer, Russ Rosendal, has accepted the position of President and CEO of Salal Credit Union! We couldn’t be more pleased with our choice. Russ has depth of knowledge and years of expertise in the financial [...]
Salal CU is excited to announce our new line of Visa credit cards1, coming soon. Our new cards have very competitive rates and no annual fees!2 Enjoy the purchasing power of Visa and the amazing personal service you expect from Salal. All our cards offer 24/7 tracking via Salal Online Banking. Salal Visa cards can [...]
Helen Harte is the Director of Quality at Community Health Plan of Washington. Prior to this she was the Director of Risk Management and Patient Safety at the Puget Sound VA System. She is a registered nurse with a Master’s Degree in Public Health from UCLA and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the [...]
Local company TisBest allows you to give the gift of giving! It’s so simple: at TisBest.org, you buy a gift card in whatever amount you wish. TisBest will send or email the gift card to your recipient. The recipient then goes to TisBest.org and chooses from more than 250 charities to gift with the money! [...]
Spring is coming and with it come thoughts of love and invitations to weddings! But while many soon-to-wed couples make sure they’re in agreement on where to live and how many kids to have, they often neglect to have that crucial money conversation. Yet, according to numerous studies of money and marriage, debt and disagreements [...]
At Salal, we’re strong believers in spring cleaning—especially of your sensitive documents! So we’re once again offering our free, annual Shredathon so our members and the public can “spring clean” that pile of personal documents securely and easily. And we’re accepting donations of non-perishable food for Northwest Harvest. Please see their website for details on [...]
