November 26, 2010 in Blog, Project Updates by Erica
Meeting with advisor Peter Chow
The directors of Waterloo Banking Project met with Peter Chow, an advisor for the project on 28th of October in Velocity Residence’s conference room at the University of Waterloo.
Peter Chow serves as the senior VP of global markets in Citigroup Global Transactions and is also an alumnus from the University of Waterloo.
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November 4, 2010 in Blog by Ryan
Survey shows almost half of students would join a student credit union
In the spring we implemented a market research survey to gage the interest among students in student-run financial services. We have yet to fully analyze the data, but we did present some interesting findings to students at our staff meeting last week.
Our survey run over about two weeks received more than 1,000 responses roughly equally balanced between Waterloo students and Laurier students with a few from Conestoga College.
While the details will be important, a vital question is whether students will join our organization as members and customers. When asked, 45% of respondents said that they would be likely to join a student-run credit union.
Another hopeful result was that 21% of respondents reported using financial services from an institution other than from one of Canada’s five largest banks, which shows an openness to alternatives.
Here are more of the results:
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November 4, 2010 in Blog, Project Updates by Helena Cao
Professional Photo Shoot @ Laurier
Celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week with Waterloo Banking Project!
Get into the business spirit with our FREE professional photo shoot. Get a snazzy profile picture for Facebook or LinkedIn to impress your friends or employers.
Tuesday, November 9th
12:00pm-2:00pm
Laurier’s SBE Atrium (tinyurl.com/sbeatrium)
All you have to do is:
1) Suit up
2) Show up
3) Have some fun
Here are some sample pictures from our test shoot last Tuesday.
Participates will receive their photos in their emails one week after the event.
For more information, please email helena@waterloobanking.com.