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Welcome to Wallet Watch! We’re glad you’re here. Content will consist of topics related to financial responsibility, professional development, overcoming obstacles, and more. Wallet Watch is proudly brought to you by Michigan State University Federal Credit Union and Oakland University Credit Union (a trademark of MSUFCU). Check us out every 3 weeks for new updates.
Episodes
Wednesday Apr 10, 2024
Wednesday Apr 10, 2024
Wallet Watch has dropped a new episode “Entrepreneurship Importance of a Business Plan.” Tune is as our podcast host and financial educator, Jessica, sits down with Matt Gillet, owner of Saddleback BBQ and Slice by Saddleback, to discuss the vital role of a business plan when building your business from the ground up! Matt also shares Saddlebacks story of how an idea grew into four restaurants, two brands, and some of the best BBQ around!
Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
Wallet Watch kicks off a brand-new season, releasing their first episode “Entrepreneurship: From Passion to Prosperity.” Podcast host and financial educator, Jessica, sits down with master pastry chef and founder of Mr. Leslie’s Cheesecakes, Marcus Leslie. Marcus shares how cheesecake changed his life, taking a passionate hobby using his family to experiment on to now being his full-time career and well on his way to having his cheesecake enjoyed all over the state of Michigan and beyond.
Wednesday Dec 27, 2023
Wednesday Dec 27, 2023
Wallet Watch dropped a new episode “Igniting Innovation: Meet Silvur.” Silvur takes a holistic approach to retirement helping users understand and navigate different ways to maximize your retirement savings and prepare for the twenty-to-thirty-year phase of your life called retirement. Founder and CEO Rhian Horgan sits down with host, Jessica to share how Silvur was created and the impact it’s making in members lives.
Wednesday Dec 06, 2023
Wednesday Dec 06, 2023
Wallet Watch has released a new episode, “Igniting Innovation: Meet Changed.” Podcast host and financial educator, Jessica, sits down with Dan Stelmach, co-founder of a Fintech called Changed. Changed is helping people all over the world transformation the way they think about debt repayment. Tune in now to see how the Changed app can help your journey to financial wellness and check out their website https://www.gochanged.com/.
Wednesday Nov 15, 2023
Wednesday Nov 15, 2023
Wallet Watch has released a new episode, “Igniting Innovation Meet Pocketnest.” Podcast host and financial educator, Jessica, sits down with Jessica Willis, founder and CEO of a Fintech called Pocketnest. Willis created Pocketnest to bring financial wellness to the masses, using behavioral science. The platform gets to know their users, finds out what motivates them, and helps them to complete those important financial tasks. Tune in now to see how you could level up your financial wellness.
Wednesday Oct 25, 2023
Wednesday Oct 25, 2023
Wallet Watch has released a new episode, “Igniting Innovation: Meet Debbie.” Podcast host and financial educator, Jessica, sits down with Rachel Lauren co-founder and COO of the FinTech Debbie. Debbie is a psychology-based program that will help you understand your money mindset, reach your financial goals, and get out of the vicious debt cycle! If you are interested in signing up, go to www.joindebbie.com now!
Wednesday Oct 04, 2023
Wednesday Oct 04, 2023
Wallet Watch released a new episode, “Igniting Innovation Meet GreenPath Financial Wellness.” Listen as podcast host and financial educator, Jessica sits down with Andy Manthei to talk about GreenPath’s new Virtual Financial Coach Lea. Lea was designed to help tailor personalized financial education based on what user want to know, need help with, or are interested in through text-based conversations. Tune in now to find out how this FinTech is going to help level the playing field for financial literacy.
Wednesday Sep 13, 2023
Wednesday Sep 13, 2023
Wallet Watch has kicked off season ten with a new episode, “Igniting Innovation Meet Nickels.” Podcast host and financial educator, Jessica, interviews the creator of a new FinTech company called Nickels. Nickels has created a product called Credit Card Coach geared towards helping individuals take charge of their credit card debt and find financial freedom! For more information check out Nickels.us
Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
Podcast hosts and financial educators, Amanda and Jessica, break down the different kinds of retirement options available and talk about the importance of saving for retirement.
Wednesday May 24, 2023
Wednesday May 24, 2023
In this episode, podcast hosts, Jessica and Amanda, invite Tony, MSU Federal Credit Union senior call center trainer, back for a second episode; “Protecting Yourself from Predatory Lending.” The hosts and guest share some vital ways to protect yourself from predatory lenders and loans.