How Patelco Matches Digital Design To Financial Goals
The California credit union digitally guides members to matching what they need financially to what the credit union has to offer.
The California credit union digitally guides members to matching what they need financially to what the credit union has to offer.
After a decade of slow growth, Patelco hired a new CEO in 2013. Erin Mendez brought new ideas and jumpstarted a new culture at the California cooperative.
While designing its new Oregon-based regional campus, the credit union jumped at the chance to open a coffee shop staffed and run entirely by high school students.
After a decade of slow growth, Patelco hired a new CEO in 2013. Erin Mendez brought new ideas and jumpstarted a new culture at the California cooperative.
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