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2 Credit Unions Score New Sports Team Partnerships

CFCU teams up with the Detroit Lions while NEFCU becomes presenting sponsor of men’s soccer at the University of Vermont.

Ford Field interior Inside Ford Field in Detroit. (Credit/CFCU)

CFCU in Plymouth, Mich., will literally be meeting Detroit Lions fans where they are this upcoming football season to help them achieve their financial goals thanks to a new marketing partnership.

The $1.6 billion credit union announced last week that it had finalized a deal with the NFL team that will, for one, bring CFCU team members onsite to Ford Field on Lions game days to engage with visitors at what the credit union called an “activation site.” At the activation site, which will be set up on Brush Street alongside Ford Field in downtown Detroit, passersby will be invited to submit their “impossible dream,” such as buying a home. The CFCU activation team will then determine how to make the dream a reality – maybe even before the game is over, according to the credit union.

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Natasha Chilingerian

Natasha Chilingerian

Natasha Chilingerian has been immersed in the credit union industry for over a decade. She first joined CU Times in 2011 as a freelance writer, and following a two-year hiatus from 2013-2015, during which time she served as a communications specialist for Xceed Financial Credit Union (now Kinecta Federal Credit Union), she re-joined the CU Times team full-time as managing editor. She was promoted to executive editor in 2019. In the earlier days of her career, Chilingerian focused on news and lifestyle journalism, serving as a writer and editor for numerous regional publications in Oregon, Louisiana, South Carolina and the San Francisco Bay Area. In addition, she holds experience in marketing copywriting for companies in the finance and technology space. At CU Times, she covers People and Community news, cybersecurity, fintech partnerships, marketing, workplace culture, leadership, DEI, branch strategies, digital banking and more. She currently works remotely and splits her time between Southern California and Portland, Ore.

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