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Financial Foundations

 
PARTNER WITH WESTERN SECURITY BANK TO ENRICH YOUR FINANCIAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM!
 

We’re here to help you deliver FREE, IMPACTFUL financial literacy courses to your students. Our partnership with Everfi gives you full access to digital financial education resources that address both financial concepts and social-emotional learning skills that build toward better financial health.

TO SUPPORT YOUR EFFORTS, WESTERN SECURITY BANK WILL PROVIDE:

  • Financial education software through Everfi
  • $250 for your classroom upon completion
  • Sponsored pizza party for the class

CONTACT US TODAY!

Brett Solberg | Financial Foundations Coordinator

406-371-8236 | BSolberg@westernsecuritybank.com

To promote lifelong financial literacy for our customers, we’ve teamed with the experts at Everfi to offer a brief, yet powerful interactive learning experience we call Financial Foundations. This program is offered to all our customers, community members and bank employees at no cost whatsoever.

Here are just a few of the things you can learn about using Financial Foundations:

  • Checking and savings accounts, and building savings for the future
  • Payments—how they are processed and how to avoid overdrafts
  • Credit scores and reports and what they mean for you
  • Financing an education, new home, or car: How loans work
  • Credit cards help you pay for what you need today—What to know before you spend
  • Taxes, insurance, and other expenses to plan for
  • Retirement isn’t that far away. Saving now can have big returns later
  • Avoid being a victim of identity theft

Turn Good Grades Into Great Rewards!

With Good Grades Pay Student Rewards, every report card can earn cash when you have a Totally Free Checking Account at WSB. Plus, you can enter to win one of four $2,500 scholarships awarded at the end of the school year


Good Grades Pay and so does financial education. 
Complete the Good Grades Pay playlist and earn a $10 incentive to be deposited into your account.
 
How it works:
1) Click on the link below.
2) Click on "Good Grades Pay" playlist
3) Complete the 12 modules
4) Stop into a local WSB branch
5) Tell them you completed the Good Grades Pay courses
6) Receive your money which will be deposited into your account.
 
 

*Certain restrictions apply. Students must be age 14-25 as of the last day of the school year and be enrolled in a Montana Public, Private or Charter School to be eligible. Must have a WSB Totally Free Checking Account to participate. Minors must have a parent/guardian co-signed account. Cash award will be deposited into Western Security Bank (WSB) primary checking account after submission. Student will be rewarded $3 for every "A" or comparable grade presented on their current report card. Minimum amount earned is $3. Maximum amount earned is $20. An additional $5 bonus will be added for a 4.0 GPA Term Average, one bonus per term. Cash Scholarship award is treated as interest and will be reported to you on IRS Form 1099-INT. Western Security Bank reserves the right to modify or cancel the program for any reason (without terminating any pending award payments). **Good Grades Pay Students with an open WSB Checking Account can earn a one-time $10 incentive upon successful completion of the Good Grades Pay Financial Literacy Course. Cash Award will be deposited into the WSB primary checking account within one month of the nearest Good Grades Pay report card submission. Totally Free Checking: Unless specified otherwise, customer purchases checks. Other fees such as overdraft, continuous overdraft, etc. may apply. See fee schedule for details. Bank rules and regulations apply.


Our Credit Builder Loan Program is designed to give those with poor or limited credit the opportunity to establish or re-establish credit while simultaneously building equity in a deposit account.

This loan helps establish or improve credit while building savings at the same time. Our Credit Builder Program is a smart step toward achieving stronger credit!
 
HOW IT WORKS
 
Loan proceeds are held in a bank-controlled savings account. As timely payments are made, credit rating improves. Once the loan is paid in full, the savings account is yours!

 

Save even more by reducing the interest rate after completing courses from Western Security Bank’s Financial Foundations platform.

 

As part of our commitment to helping you secure a solid financial future, we offer a series of online courses to help put you on the path to success through our Financial Foundation Program. These interactive online modules take about 10 minutes each to complete and are self-paced to allow for flexibility to your schedule. You will learn key financial concepts on managing your credit, obtaining loans and saving for the future. As an added benefit, you will receive a 5% interest rate reduction on your Credit Builder loan. Just contact your lender upon completion of the designated modules.