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		<title>Waterloo Banking Project whiteboard video &#124; The Tree</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We created this video as part of our entry in the Laurier Entrepreneurship Competition. Please watch it and learn more about our plan and its feasibility. Helena Cao drew the artwork. Ryan Chen-Wing voiced the script. Mark Haley, Vinson Fong, and Nathan Shantz produced the video. Mark and Helena edited the final product. “Someone’s sitting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://waterloobanking.com/2012/02/08/waterloo-banking-project-whiteboard-video-the-tree/</link>
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		<title>Tell us your best personal finance tip and you could win $20</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you want a chance to win $20 in cash? We at Waterloo Banking Project know students are always looking to save money so, for the month of February, we are holding a contest on our Facebook page to see who has the best personal finance tip as voted for by your friends and fellow [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://waterloobanking.com/2012/02/02/tell-us-your-best-personal-finance-tip-and-you-could-win-20/</link>
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		<title>News outlets cover our performance at Enterprize regionals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, the Project placed second in the Enterprize Canada central region business plan competition. After the news release of the Waterloo Banking Project advancing to the Enterprize Canada finals in Vancouver, the Project received much media attention from the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University. The Cord included a brief description about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://waterloobanking.com/2012/01/31/news-outlets-cover-our-performance-at-enterprize-regionals/</link>
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		<title>Project competes at the Queen&#8217;s Entrepreneurs&#8217; Competition 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Waterloo Banking Project participated in the Queen’s Entrepreneurs’ Competition this weekend — the largest international undergraduate business plan competition in Canada, according to the QEC website. Directors of the Project, Mark Haley, Helena Cao, and Ryan Chen-Wing, competed among the sixteen teams whose business plans qualified for the competition and presented their plans to business [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://waterloobanking.com/2012/01/23/project-competes-at-the-queens-entrepreneurs-competition-2012/</link>
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		<title>News release: Waterloo Banking Project advances to Enterprize Canada finals in Vancouver</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A group of Waterloo and Laurier students are boosting their universities’ reputations for entrepreneurship as they work to create Canada’s first student-run financial institution. Waterloo Banking Project placed second in the Enterprize Canada central region business plan competition on Saturday 14 January and qualified to compete at the national finals in Vancouver next month. Ryan [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://waterloobanking.com/2012/01/16/news-release-waterloo-banking-project-advances-to-enterprize-canada-finals-in-vancouver/</link>
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		<title>Project qualifies for Enterprize Canada finals in Vancouver</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Waterloo Banking Project placed second in the Enterprize Canada central region on Saturday and qualified to compete at the national finals in Vancouver next month. Ryan Chen-Wing, Helena Cao, and Mark Haley delivered their 15-minute presentation on their team&#8217;s business plan to a panel of judges, students, and competitors from the other six teams in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://waterloobanking.com/2012/01/15/project-qualifies-for-enterprize-canada-finals-in-vancouver/</link>
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		<title>Accepting staff applications for Winter 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Edit: Applications are now closed. Thanks for applying! We at Waterloo Banking Project are hiring student staff to help establish the first student-run financial institution in Canada. Our social enterprise startup requires a broad rang of talents and perspectives. We invite applications in all years and all programs from both Wilfrid Laurier University and University [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://waterloobanking.com/2012/01/04/accepting-staff-applications-for-winter-2012/</link>
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		<title>In review: Graduate Richer with Bradley Roulston</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In October, we held our first financial education speaker event, Graduate Richer, with speaker Bradley Roulston, Certified Financial Planner (CFP). In his talk, Bradley began by describing the reluctance many people have toward discussing personal finances with family and friends. This &#8220;Psychology of Money&#8220;, as he called it, creates a barrier which not only makes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://waterloobanking.com/2012/01/03/in-review-graduate-richer-with-bradley-roulston/</link>
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		<title>WLU&#8217;s The Cord newspaper features the Project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Throughout the course of this term, the Waterloo Banking Project appeared several times in Wilfrid Laurier University&#8217;s student newspaper The Cord. In September, Laurier students learned about the project in an article where Helena Cao and Ryan Chen-Wing discussed the origins of the project and what we plan to achieve. The article also included encouraging [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://waterloobanking.com/2012/01/02/wlus-the-cord-newspaper-features-the-project/</link>
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		<title>And the survey winner is&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In September, we launched our Fall survey to poll both Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier students on their financial situation and attitudes toward a student-run financial institution. We would like to thank everyone for their feedback. Your responses will help us to better understand your needs and allow us to design financial products that work for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://waterloobanking.com/2011/12/27/and-the-survey-winner-is/</link>
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