Reaching Out to Untapped Markets
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Reaching Out to Untapped Markets . Brenda Dominguez Chief Financial Officer Guadalupe Credit Union Santa Fe, New Mexico. Is Organic Growth Dead?. Guadalupe Credit Union Growth. 2000 Strategic Planning Session. Blue Ocean Opportunity.
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Reaching Out to Untapped Markets Brenda Dominguez Chief Financial Officer Guadalupe Credit Union Santa Fe, New Mexico
Blue Ocean Opportunity “Lasting success comes from creating 'blue oceans': untapped new market spaces ripe for growth.” Blue Ocean Strategy, W. Chan Kim, 2005
First Steps • Research • CUNA’s Hispanic Quick Start Kit • Networking • Giving back
First Steps • Staff cultural sensitivity • Not everyone was on board • Spanish language skills • Se hablaespañol • Spanish-speaker distribution
Trust • Open conversations • Safe place to share the real story
Policies & Products • CIP policy: accept any non-expired government-issued photo ID • Appropriate products based on tax status and IRS requirements • ITIN
Lending Practices • Alternative credit • APR
Marketing • Relationships paramount • Single simple Spanish brochure
Marketing • Partnerships • Somos un Pueblo Unido • Adelante: Juntos los Jueves • Public Schools • Community College ESL program • SEG brown bag lunches
Location • 2003: new main office & branch
Fast Forward: 2008 Approx. 1/3 of members doing business at the main office in Spanish.
Repercussions • Lobby overflowing • Slow transaction time
Opportunity • REAL Solutions best practices • $70K NCUF grant for new office in immigrant neighborhood • Focus groups
2008: New branch on Airport Rd.
Further adaptation • Recruited bicultural staff • Alternative to tandas • Payday lending alternative • Non-member check cashing • Expanded remittance • Micro-business loans
Further adaptation • New hours • Children’s area • Take-a-number system • Plasma screens in Spanish & English • Expanded Spanish-language brochures
Further adaptation • El Poder Es Tuyo • Coding language preference • Bilingual newsletter
2012 Additions • Spanish language website • Remedial financial counseling in Spanish and English • New standalone branch and greater visibility!
Final Thoughts • Word-of-mouth is extremely powerful. • Understand the needs of both documented and undocumented. • Enormous “blue ocean” opportunity in this market.
Brenda Dominguez Chief Financial Officer Guadalupe Credit Union bdominguez@guadalupecu.org 505-216-0459