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Posted April 21, 2010 in Blog, Media Coverage by Ryan

Project featured in Waterloo Region Record

After our press release a reporter from the local daily newspaper, the Waterloo Region Record, contacted Abhi. She interviewed him and arranged for a photograph. Our project was featured in the newspaper a couple days later.

Waterloo Region Record article on Waterloo Banking Project

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Posted April 21, 2010 in Blog, Media Coverage by Ryan

Media release about launch of Waterloo Banking Project

Our survey is now closed and exams are finished. Now it is time to catch up on communications and analyze the survey data.

After we launched the survey we sent out a media release to try to inform more people about our vision and to attract more respondents to the survey.

This is what we sent out:
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Posted April 1, 2010 in Blog, Project Updates by Ryan

We launched our student finance survey today

Abhi made the final changes and published our student finance survey today.

With the responses we hope to find out more about Waterloo students’ financial situations and requirements for financial and banking services. The responses will help us as we work to develop and improve financial services for students in Waterloo.

As an incentive for answering our questions, respondents will be eligible for a draw prize of an Apple iPad. Only current students at University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University and Conestoga College, who are registered at campuses in Waterloo Region, are eligible for a chance at the prize.

Alumni, faculty and staff and other people with relationships to the local university are welcome to respond, but are not eligible for the draw.

You can find the survey at:
http://www.askitonline.com/survey/waterloo-banking-project/

If you have questions, please comment below or e-mail us at:
waterloobanking.com@gmail.com

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    » Past payment history (35 percent): bankruptcies, late payments, past due accounts and wage attachments
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    » Length of time credit established (15 percent): time since accounts opened, time since account activity
    » Search for and acquisition of new credit (10 percent): number of recent credit inquiries, number of recently opened accounts
    » Types of credit established (10 percent): number of various types of accounts (credit cards, retail accounts,"

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