Royal is celebrating the 30th year of its School $ense program and is proud to operate 31 school site locations across Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Royal’s Rice Lake Branch Manager recently congratulated a Member on their great credit score. His response was, “I’ve had a great teacher since I was a part of the School $ense program in 4th grade!”

Royal offers a series of financial education lessons at five county jails and four state Department of Correction prisons and one juvenile detention center in Wisconsin.

A student our Hennepin County correctional facility program recently expressed how hopeful he felt after participating in our program.

Royal became a certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) in 2015 and has received six grants under the CDFI program, totaling more than $7.59 million.

Thanks to Royal’s CDFI Smart Start loan program, we were able to help a couple with a 2-year-old child buy their first home.

Go Big or Go Broke is an engaging, life-sized board game designed to promote financial wellbeing for all financial education in a way that's anything but boring!

Enrich is Royal’s newest a virtual financial education platform offering a variety of courses, tools, articles, quizzes, worksheets, calculators, and much more.

Grow. Impact. Lead.

A member called us to apply for a loan after getting denied from another financial they had always used due to "metrics."

We had a member whose primary financial was a bank. Recently, this member was "catfished" and scammed out of thousands of dollars.

Recently, Jana, a Member Account Representative at Royal, was able to help a Member experiencing spousal abuse.

A gentleman recently called Royal’s Whitehall office to inquire about moving his IRA from a local competitor to Royal.

A Member had a vehicle loan from another financial institution. When they decided to pay off their vehicle, the $5,500 transaction was mistakenly processed three times deducting $16,500 out of their account rather than $5,500.

A Member’s 21-year-old cat recently began experiencing health issues.

A Member came in to cash a check from a non-traditional lender.

A Member came in asking for a signature loan for a small amount. When the Member Account Representative ran her information, they noticed she had recently taken out some high interest payday loans.

Royal hosted its third Community Give Back Day event allowing team members the opportunity to volunteer at 80 nonprofit organizations across Wisconsin and Minnesota.

Every time a Member uses their debit card, Royal donates up to $0.05 to the Royal Credit Union Foundation. Since the Foundation began in 2012, it has donated over $8 million to support capital projects in the arts, education, and health.

The RCU Foundation’s Making a Difference (M.A.D) Trivia night in New Richmond sold out for the second year in row and raised $5,000 for St. Croix Valley Habitat for Humanity.