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Vermonters Beware: The Explosive Growth of Phishing Scams
In this episode, we sit down with Sam Reed, Fraud Specialist at VSECU and a frequent guest on the show. As phishing scams continue to rise in Vermont, it's more import...
Understanding Youth Homelessness in Vermont
This episode of Greener Pastures explores Spectrum Youth & Family Services' mission to support homeless youth in Vermont. Executive Director Mark Redmond discusses the...
Banking for the People: The Promise of Credit Unions
Join us on Greener Pastures as we explore the promise of credit unions! Host Oliver is joined by guests Simeon Chapin, our Head of Social Impact, and Rob Miller, Presi...
Financial Trivia: A Greener Pastures Special Presentation
For this special episode, we got Heidi White, marketing communications manager at VSECU, and Alvah Newhall, Montpelier branch manager, to compete in a little financial...
Snowmobiling in Vermont
Join Oliver Ames, host of Greener Pastures, in this special episode as he talks with Steve Avery, the vice-president of facilities at VSECU, and Hannah Morris, a consu...
10 Ways to Fight Fraud and Stay Safe During the Holidays
We are joined again by Sam Reed, a fraud specialist at VSECU. In this episode, Sam will be sharing with us ten common ways that fraudsters try to steal your money and ...
Why Volunteering Is More Than Just Giving Back
We invited our content and communications manager, Heidi White, to talk about volunteering on this episode of Greener Pastures. Heidi shares her perspective on how vol...
Vermont's Changing Financial Services Landscape
George Hofheimer, a strategic advisor to consumer finance organizations, and Joseph Bergeron, President/CEO of the Association of Vermont Credit Unions, are on the pod...
Keeping Your Money Safe
We sit down with the newest member of VSECU's fraud prevention team, Sam Reed, to explore how to keep your money safe in a world with more and more scams and fraudsters.
Fighting Food Insecurity in Vermont
We sit down with John Sayles and Carrie Stahler from the Vermont Foodbank to understand the current state of food insecurity in Vermont in a post-COVID world and with ...
Driving an Electric Vehicle in 2022
We sit down with David Roberts from Drive Electric Vermont to discuss the electric vehicle landscape in 2022. Don't worry if EVs are a foreign concept to you, we cover...
Finding Stability in a Shifting Energy Market
VSECU's VGreen Program Director, Laurie Fielder, talks about how the war in Ukraine has affected fuel prices and what green and sustainable energy technologies can do ...
Understanding Inflation
On the inaugural episode of Greener Pastures, Senior Vice President of Finance, Terence Field, talks about inflation, including why it's happening now, what the govern...