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Pay for Life's NecessitiesTravel Tips

Vacation Cancellation Got You Down? Use These Tips to Improve Your Chances of a Refund

COVID-19 continues to impact our everyday lives—many recently learning how much-anticipated spring breaks are being canceled or others finding themselves uncomfortable with departing for their…

Mindy PetrackFebruary 26, 2021

Press Releases

Verve’s Jolene Heuchert Receives Oshkosh Chamber Of Commerce Ambassador Of The Year Award

The Oshkosh Chamber of Commerce has named Verve, a Credit Union’s Jolene Heuchert, Small Business Banker, the 2020 Ambassador of the Year. The award is…

Verve, a Credit UnionFebruary 16, 2021

Home LifePay for Life's Necessities

How to Get your Home Ready to Sell

If you’re sick and tired of staring at the walls in your home, you’re not alone. The number of  home listings is up 10% compared…

Verve, a Credit UnionJanuary 26, 2021

Family FinancesPay for Life's Necessities

How to Build Healthy Financial Habits as a Family

Take a minute to think back on your childhood. More specifically, what do you remember about your family’s finances? Did your family struggle to make…

Verve, a Credit UnionJanuary 26, 2021

Creating a BudgetManage Your Money

7 Budgeting Tips for Newlyweds: How to Create a Budget with your Spouse

A new year means many newly engaged (congrats!) couples planning for their dream wedding. Or perhaps 2020 was the year you said, “I do” (also…

Verve, a Credit UnionJanuary 26, 2021

Borrow ResponsiblyManaging Debt

How to Graduate from Student Loan Debt

When you signed on to go to college, you knew it would be expensive, but it’s an investment, right? A degree should lead to good…

Verve, a Credit UnionJanuary 26, 2021

Building Your SavingsSave for the Future

Get your savings back on track in 2021

There’s a good chance you’re one of the 97 million Americans that set a New Year’s resolution for 2021. And after a year that was…

Verve, a Credit UnionJanuary 26, 2021

Manage Your MoneyMoney Etiquette

How to—and how not to—help others financially

For many people, 2020 pulled the rug out from under them. It may have been personal through being stuck at home with little interaction, physical…

Verve, a Credit UnionJanuary 26, 2021

Borrow ResponsiblyImproving Your Credit

Seven Organization Tips for your Credit

In addition to exercising more and eating healthier, getting organized is among the top 10 resolutions made each January. And if the popularity of the…

Verve, a Credit UnionJanuary 26, 2021

About UsPress Releases

Verve added to elite list of 2020 National Best and Brightest Companies to Work For®

Verve, a Credit Union, was recently named one of 2020 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For® National Winners and earned a spot on the…

Verve, a Credit UnionJanuary 14, 2021

Manage Your MoneyMoney Etiquette

Discomfort Over Differences: What to Do When Your Budget is Tight

When it comes to relationships and money, things can get sticky fast. It’s easy to compare your finances to your friend’s or your house to…

Mindy PetrackJanuary 4, 2021

Borrow ResponsiblyManaging Debt

Can debt be good?

Debt is literally a four-letter word. Figuratively, it often is too. The way people talk about debt is usually only negative: “Pay cash for everything.”…

Mindy PetrackJanuary 4, 2021

Home LifePay for Life's Necessities

Easy DIY Projects for a Cozier Home

“Oh, the weather outside is frightful. But the fire is so delightful.” Except you don’t have a fireplace. :: womp womp:: As the weather turns…

Mindy PetrackJanuary 4, 2021

Pay for Life's NecessitiesTravel Tips

Get your car ready for winter

Whether you’ve lived in cold winter climates your entire life or have transplanted to the area, it’s important to remember that winter driving comes with…

Mindy PetrackJanuary 4, 2021

Building Your SavingsSave for the Future

Play the name game with your money goals

Although there’s nothing magical about the transition from December 31 to January 1, it always seems like an important turning point or a chance to…

Mindy PetrackDecember 18, 2020

Family FinancesPay for Life's Necessities

Finding the Fun in Fitness Again

“I sure wish I had that kind of energy,” you think as a six-year-old flies by in a raucous game of tag. Instead, your regular…

Mindy PetrackDecember 18, 2020

Investing AdviceSave for the Future

How to decide when to retire: personal and financial factors to consider

After your career days are over, you may imagine puttering around the house, working in your garden, volunteering at local organizations or jet-setting off to…

Mindy PetrackDecember 18, 2020

Creating a BudgetManage Your Money

How to Stay on Budget When Temptations Arise

There you are, just scrolling through social media mindlessly when you scroll past an ad for something you were just thinking about when an email…

Mindy PetrackNovember 25, 2020