Fewer Employers Are Offering CU As An Employee Benefit

Marketplace is reporting that fewer employers include joining a credit union as part of their employee benefits packages.

According to the Society of Human Resource Management. almost 70 percent of organizations in 1996 offered credit union membership as an employee benefit. Today, that number is closer to 25 percent.

The story does point out that people don't need to go through their employer anymore to join a credit union. This reflects the rise of community chartered credit unions.

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