We love Credit Unions, we love the people that work in them, and we love their ethos, these people do great work supporting individuals on the margins of our society.
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That may sound very strange from our company founders that have worked for over 20 years in corporate Financial Services, but for one of our co-founders Dave Parker, he has been there, he has worked in that sector with these people.
Credit Unions do an amazing job in helping people to save but they also do a great job in providing very cost-effective loans to those same individuals and that makes an amazing difference to people and their lives where and when mainstream banking lets them down.
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You see, ten years ago Dave spent six weeks in branch at a Credit Union as part of a 3-year programme of work and that experience has stayed with him ever since, he saw the single parent saving a pound here and a pound there for their child’s birthday or Xmas.
The parent that put £5 a month into a savings account in the hope that it would give their child a start in life or support them through University.
Dave has also seen it when things have gone terribly wrong in their life through no fault of their own and the horror stories that that brings forth, the mainstream lenders turning their backs and desperation sets in, thoughts of contacting?money lenders?and?loan sharks?start to permeate their thoughts, that’s when Credit Unions become the safety net and provide the advice and funds to their members to get them over a temporary emergency.
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So, on?International Credit Union Day?we want to say a heartfelt thank you to you all for doing such an amazing job.
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And finally we would like to make two points....
Firstly to people reading this post, Join and become actively involved in your local Credit Union the more people that engage with the movement the sooner we will change banking and financial services for the masses.
Secondly as Parker Neal Limited are passionate about protecting people’s businesses and livelihoods we would like to give back to the movement with this offer:
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The first Credit Union that responds to us at?Parker Neal Limited,?we will provide them with a complete instance of our Threat Secure product which will cover:
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?? Cyber and Physical Security Assessment
?? 10 days Penetration Testing
?? 12 days of a Chief Information Security Officers time
?? 12 monthly Threat Intelligence Reports
?? Cyber Essentials certification
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We will give you this for FREE, no catches no hidden agenda a sincere thank you for all that you do.
- Dave Parker
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7a Community Advantage Loan Officer at Statewide CDC
1 个月Add amazing mentor to the list! Thank you, Al, for your invaluable guidance. The structures and connections you’ve crafted have been instrumental in paving the way, and I’m grateful for the opportunity to keep learning from you as the curveballs keep coming!