Brain Scams

Maybe it’s happened to you – you log in to Online Banking to see if your rent check has cleared yet and you discover that, unbeknownst to you, you bought 17 pizzas and 186 gallons of gas last night in Ohio! Fraud happens. And it’s not fun. In our next few posts, we are going to share some stories and tips all about the fraud and how to avoid it. Have you ever... Read More

6 Ways to Conquer Job Burnout

It happens to all of us at some point in our career—getting burnt out.  If you have been lucky enough to have had a job during the Great Recession, you may be experiencing that right now.  A lot of people have been at the same company, doing the same thing, and for the same pay for more years than they like to admit.  You may wake up in the morning and wonder how you will muster... Read More

Meet Your Ne-va-duh Legislators

Everybody, meaning Nevada Everybodies, knows that Nevada is different and we take just a little pleasure in doing things…differently. Like the Ne-vah-duh versus Ne-va-duh thing. One of the coolest things unique to the Silver State is our civilian legislature and the fact they are really pretty normal folks. Our state legislators meet every other year for 120 days (yup, sometimes... Read More

Eating Facebook Crow

So about six months ago I wrote a blog on this very site about my feelings on Facebook and I committed to never be a user.  My reasoning was clear and well thought out.  After I wrote it, some events happened that needed my participation and I allowed myself to be open to feedback.  In particular, I thought about the feedback of my member, Zoraya. Here is what happened.  Shortly... Read More

The Good and Bad News…

The Good and Bad News… about being a Financial Cooperative (ie. a Credit Union) What’s the difference to Joe if he loses the car to the credit union or the bank? To Joe, there’s probably not a lot. It’s personal, it’s painful, no one seems to understand and he’s angry. Every now and then I have to take my lumps in the public, I assume from someone whose car we had to... Read More

How to Serve Humans

It has been interesting to listen to what little feedback there has been from the banks regarding Bank Transfer Day and the estimated 650,000 accounts that switched to credit unions in October alone. I have heard a couple of times that the banker’s response was that they are really not that concerned as, “Those accounts that left were really the less profitable ones, and... Read More

Losing sight of the cause?

Great Basin, as well as many of our loyal members and community neighbors, have been supporting our local Moms on the Run and Ride for the Tatas charities for years. These two events are grassroots efforts aimed at raising funds that go directly to the local women and families affected by breast cancer and other women’s cancers.  The annual events have grown over the years and... Read More