{"id":3004,"date":"2018-01-18T19:55:41","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T19:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/52.10.1.109\/?p=3004"},"modified":"2018-01-20T01:37:39","modified_gmt":"2018-01-20T01:37:39","slug":"local-credit-union-surpasses-40-million-milestone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecoloradostatesman.com\/?p=3004","title":{"rendered":"Local credit union surpasses $40 million milestone"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3005\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3005\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3005\" src=\"https:\/\/52.10.1.109\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/PG-6-COR-Metrum.8-31.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thecoloradostatesman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/PG-6-COR-Metrum.8-31.png 800w, https:\/\/thecoloradostatesman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/PG-6-COR-Metrum.8-31-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/thecoloradostatesman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/PG-6-COR-Metrum.8-31-768x532.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3005\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CEO Steve Kelly and SVP Operations Jennifer Boswell of Centennial\u2019s Metrum Community Credit Union are celebrating a new milestone of having more than $40 million in loan balances. Courtesy of Metrum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Metrum Community Credit Union, located in Centennial, is celebrating a new milestone of having more than $40 million in loan balances with its members. Growth in loans has accelerated greatly over the last five years, through traditional loan products, as well as some unique products developed to fit the member\u2019s needs.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cMembers choose us for their loans because we are not as \u2018black and white\u2019\u00a0as other financial institutions, such as major banks,\u201d said loan manager Amber Breidenstein. \u201cFor example, some lenders may say that you need to have a minimum credit score or debt ratio to get a loan. Instead, we look the whole picture, never putting members in a box. Metrum really spends a lot of time listening to our members and providing solutions.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Metrum is a local financial cooperative owned by its members. With more than 5,000 members, the $40 million in loan balances has helped many individuals and families save money through the trusted services offered, the firm said in an announcement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe\u00a0spend a lot of time educating our members about credit, budgets and ways they can improve their own situation. We truly try to help consumers instead of giving a simple yes or no answer,\u201d Breidenstein said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Metrum Community Credit Union, located in Centennial, is celebrating a new milestone of having more than $40 million in loan balances with its members. Growth in loans has accelerated greatly over the last five years, through traditional loan products, as well as some unique products developed to fit the member\u2019s needs.\u00a0 \u201cMembers choose us &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,45,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-briefs","category-financial-services","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecoloradostatesman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecoloradostatesman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecoloradostatesman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecoloradostatesman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecoloradostatesman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thecoloradostatesman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecoloradostatesman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecoloradostatesman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecoloradostatesman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecoloradostatesman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}