Is Cash Still King? 09/16/2022 • Press Releases Cash might not be the king of retail anymore, but Americans still believe it’s “unbeatable” for savings and lending. A poll of 2,000 U.S. adults found 51% have cold hard cash stored away in their homes. Of them, the average person has $1,010 stashed somewhere safe in their Continue Reading
Alliant Credit Union Announces New Socially Responsible Checking Account Promotion 08/22/2022 • Alliant News • Press Releases Alliant Credit Union, a nationwide digital credit union and one of the largest “challenger financial institutions,” announced the launch of its Socially Responsible Checking Account promotion. New and existing Alliant members are eligible to participate in this promotion, which provides qualifying members with a $100 bonus deposit and a Continue Reading
Alliant Credit Union Selects Upstart for a Personal Lending Fintech Partnership 08/17/2022 • Alliant News • Press Releases Alliant Credit Union, a fully digital, top 10 credit union in the U.S. with more than 700,000 members and over $17 billion in assets, today announced it has partnered with Upstart (NASDAQ: UPST), a leading artificial intelligence (AI) lending marketplace, to offer AI-powered personal loans nationwide. “We are very particular Continue Reading
$330,000 granted to digital inclusion organizations via Alliant’s Quarter Million Dollar Challenge 07/21/2022 • Alliant News • Press Releases The Alliant Credit Union Foundation awards 22 digital inclusion organizations across the country with $329,750, nearly $80,000 more than initially pledged for digital equity initiatives through a grant challenge launched earlier this year. Alliant Credit Union, a national digital financial institution with a social mission to bridge the digital divide and create equitable Continue Reading
Advocates Call on State Leaders to Prepare for Billions in Digital Equity Funding During Alliant Day of Action 07/06/2022 • Alliant News • Civic Affairs • Press Releases Thousands expected to participate in credit union’s nationwide day of email activism in preparation for $65 billion in state funding. Alliant Credit Union, a national digital financial institution with a social mission to bridge the digital divide and create equitable digital access for all, is calling on elected leaders Continue Reading
Alliant First to Sign Digitunity’s Corporate Pledge to End Digital Divide 06/06/2022 • Alliant News • Press Releases Digitunity, a national non-profit organization that connects low-income people with the computer donations they need, announced that Alliant Credit Union has signed The Corporate Pledge to End the Digital Divide, becoming the first national Cornerstone Partner in the quest to close the "digital divide." Since the mid-198 Continue Reading
Earth Day Electronics Drive Benefits Hundreds of Families Burdened by Digital Divide 05/12/2022 • Alliant News • Press Releases Nearly 10,000 pounds of electronics donations were collected to support PCs for People’s work of creating a more digitally equitable world. More than 9,750 pounds of equipment were collected during an Earth Day computer donation event to help Illinois families currently lacking digital access in their homes. This drive Continue Reading
Alliant Enhances Its Deposit Account Opening Process 04/07/2022 • Alliant News • Press Releases Focused on simplicity, speed and security, the new deposit product application makes it even easier to open savings and checking accounts. Alliant, a nationwide digital credit union and one of the largest “challenger financial institutions,” announced the launch of an enhanced digital account opening process for new members Continue Reading
Alliant to Provide Quarter Million in Grants to Digital Inclusion Initiatives 02/28/2022 • Alliant News Alliant, a nationwide digital credit union and one of the largest “challenger banks,” announced the Alliant Credit Union Foundation’s “Quarter Million-Dollar Challenge” today. The foundation has $250,000 in grants to fund digital inclusion initiatives. Alliant is partnering with eligible 501(c)(3) organizations to bridge the digital Continue Reading
Alliant Reports Record Growth in 2021 Results 02/24/2022 • Alliant News • Press Releases Alliant, a nationwide digital credit union and one of the largest “challenger banks,” today reported its 2021 results in its annual report. It was a record-setting year in membership growth, deposit balances, loan originations, non-interest income and return on assets. In his letter to members, Alliant CEO Dennis Devine Continue Reading
