For the 2024-2025 school year, SESLOC granted 64 Education Grants valued at $29,893.10 to schools across our area of membership.
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Five Ways to Keep Your Financial Freedom
By being smart about your spending, maintaining your budget and maximizing your resources, you can enjoy the benefits of financial freedom all summer long.
Samantha McDonald Named SESLOC Young Change Maker for Raising Over $500,000 as 2025 Elks Rodeo Queen
SESLOC Credit Union honors Samantha McDonald as a SESLOC Young Change Maker after raising over $500,000 for the Children’s Resource & Referral of Santa Barbara County.
The Difference Between Small Business Grants and Loans
Small Business Grants and Loans are entirely different from one another, each having different long-term considerations you must weigh.
Stay Cool and Save: Easy Ways to Cut Your AC Costs
While the sun-soaked days of summer feel amazing, your energy bill might not. There are many ways to trim costs without sacrificing comfort.
Data Breach: What It Is and Why You Should Care
A data breach happens when unauthorized parties gain access to confidential personal information stored by an organization.
How to Identify Phishing Scams and Imposter Scams
Have you ever gotten a phone call, email, or text message with an urgent notice about your bank account or credit card? Are they trying to get immediate information from you, including your address, card number, online banking password, or Social Security number? This...
What’s the Difference Between a HELOC and Home Equity Loan?
Which is better for your situation: a Home Equity Lines of Credit and Home Equity Loans? Here’s what you need to know about each.
What to Keep and What to Shred: Your Guide to Document Destruction
When it comes to your personal documents, which should you keep and which should you send to the shredder? Before you mark anything for destruction, be sure to follow this list.
MEMBER ADVISORY: Phone Spoofing Scam Requests Confidential Information from SESLOC Members
SESLOC members have reported receiving fraudulent phone calls from scammers claiming to be from the credit union and using our phone number in the caller ID. These calls are fake – please do not give a caller any information, hang up immediately.
Recent News
Establishing Financial Foundations: SESLOC Equips High Schoolers with Budgeting Skills
On Friday, October 11, SESLOC returned to Pacific Beach High School in San Luis Obispo for a second year to engage 55 students in the Bite of Reality simulation. This hands-on event immerses students in a realistic budgeting app, providing them with valuable insights into managing finances. Through interactive scenarios, participants learn to navigate the distinction between needs and wants, equipping them with essential budgeting skills for real life.
Shred Days Promote Sustainability, Safeguard Against Identity Theft
Did you know that recycling one ton of paper saves 17 mature trees, 7,000 gallons of water, 3 cubic yards of landfill space, and 4,000 kilowatts of electricity? Thanks to members at this year’s SESLOC’s Shred Days at our SLO, Atascadero and Santa Maria branches, we recycled 113 total bins with 17.79 tons of shredded paper— saving 302 trees, 124,530 gallons of water, 53.37 cubic yards of landfill space, and 71,160 kilowatts of electricity!
New Instant Funds Loan Empowers Individuals Facing Financial Emergencies
SESLOC Credit Union is thrilled to introduce the Instant Funds loans, a new short-term, small-dollar loans program designed to support individuals in need of emergency financial assistance. Keeping the credit union philosophy of “people helping people” in mind, we are introducing this product to ensure there is financial support for the underserved and underbanked in the Central Coast community.
SESLOC’s Financial Wellness Workshop Empowers Cal Poly Students
On Friday, May 24, over 120 student leaders participating in the Week of Welcome (WOW) program were enriched by a financial wellness workshop hosted by SESLOC at the California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) campus in San Luis Obispo. The purpose of SESLOC and Cal Poly providing this workshop was to educate WOW leaders in practical and relevant financial education
The Future is Financial: SESLOC Educates High School Students About the Importance of Budgeting
On Monday, May 20, SESLOC Credit Union hosted a hands-on, real-world living and budgeting simulation event for 70 students at Central Coast New Tech High School in Nipomo. For this event, SESLOC partnered with Bite of Reality, an app that presents real-life scenarios of maintaining a budget, to improve the financial health and wellness of the Central Coast.