New Credit Union Name or Pokemon Character?

New Credit Union Name or Pokemon Character?

Every month it seems that dozens of credit unions around the continent decide to shed their names and adopt newer, hipper, identities. The Financial Brand did a quick round up of some notable name changes, and it's interesting, to say the least.​

Almost all of the names sound incredibly Web 2.0. Let's play a game - from the list below, pick out which ones are credit union names and which ones are Pokemon!

 

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My Favorite Commercial This Year... Is From Kmart?

My Favorite Commercial This Year... Is From Kmart?

​I haven't been shopping in a Kmart in at least fifteen years. And it's been about ten years since I've seen one here in Texas - they've mostly closed up all their shops due to poor sales (and bankruptcy) in this region. ​

However, I stumbled across a video from their recent ad campaign a few weeks ago and was floored. The commercial is intended to show people how easy it is to get items that you can't find in stores sent to you for free...

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