Dutch Inspired Vision for Future Credit Union Service Models With Mike Tierney

Podcast guest Mike Tierney discusses with host Josh DeTar the contrasts between current and former conventional U.S. American financial institution service offerings and personal finance management practices compared with those in other cultures, such as in the Netherlands.

Tierney, participating in the interview via international telecom, discusses current and future creative concepts for the development of live and digital interactive programs for educating children and adults in effective personal finance management practices.

Mike goes on to offer a vision for the future of the credit union role in helping individuals consolidate their personal financial resources on a powerful unified management platform, complete with an exciting array of helpful digital tools. For example, he considers the usefulness of providing charts displaying data extracted from the user's various accounts, and analytics features generating status reports and other information auto-prompts triggered by variations in account balances, deviations from personal historical behavioral trends, etc.

The discussion goes on to explore inspirational concepts for helping individuals maintain a more consistent and meaningful focus on their financial position and goals, such as employing gamification, announcements of accomplishments, and symbolic digital awards for reaching set financial milestones, and others.