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From Your CEO: Focusing Efforts for Your Experience – Summer 2025
It’s been a busy quarter behind the scenes as we continue to work for you, our member-owners, and our Central Coast community.
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.
Karen Cobb Earns Cares for Community Award for Food Bank Service
We’re partnering with News Channel 12 to honor nonprofit volunteers who make our community thrive. Each month, we’re choosing a different nonprofit and asking them to select a valuable volunteer to receive the SESLOC Cares for Community Award. We’re thrilled to introduce Karen Cobb, a volunteer with the Food Bank of Santa Barbara County.
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.
SESLOC Wealth Management Transitions to LPL Financial
As of May 17, 2025, SESLOC’s brokerage arm offering non-deposit investment services transitioned from CUSO Financial Services, LP to LPL Financial.
7 Steps for Starting a New Business
If you’re thinking of going into business for yourself, consider these steps for starting a new business from the ground up.
Recent News
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.
Contactless Cards FAQs
Everything you need to know about using contactless cards.
SESLOC Awarded National Award for “Most Appreciative Staff”
SESLOC has once again been recognized as a leading credit union that consistently provides an exceptional member service by MemberXP, a member experience solution from CU Solutions Group.
SESLOC Announces New SVP/Chief Information Officer
SESLOC Credit Union announced today that Shawn Mulqueeney has been selected as the new Senior Vice President/Chief Information Officer. The former CIO, Ken Long, has accepted a new role of Senior Vice President/Chief Risk Officer at SESLOC.
Save to Win Share Certificate Participants Celebrate Big Wins
26 members won a combined $7,300 in the monthly and quarterly Save to Win 12-month Share Certificate¹ prize drawing² earlier this month — including two big quarterly winners of $5,000 and $1,000. What would you do if you got the call announcing a surprise windfall? Anthony, the $1,000 quarterly prize winner, quite literally jumped for joy when he heard the good news.