Be Empowered to Achieve Your Goals
Blaze is not just a place where you make financial transactions — we're a financial partner on a mission to help every one of our members learn about money and how to budget, save and build a strong financial position for the future.
Financial Wellness Center
A library of resources to help you budget, save and build a foundation for financial success.
Financial Calculators
Take advantage of our easy to use calculators to answer common financial questions.
Don't Be Spoofed
During this holiday season, fraudsters are hard at work trying to steal your holiday cheer. There are ways to protect yourself from these Grinches.
Recognizing & Avoiding Scams
Blaze will never call, email, or text asking to provide full account numbers, card numbers, PINs, digital banking credentials, passwords, or verification codes.
Tis the Season to Avoid Online Shopping Rip-offs
Online holiday shoppers, gear up and hunker down. You could fall victim to serious scams unless you know how to distinguish a legitimate site from a rip-off.
Complimentary Financial Wellness Training
Blaze offers free financial wellness training to local youth and communities.
We strive to improve the quality of life for those living in our communities by providing financial literacy education so anyone can attaining financial freedom.
We offer a variety of educational topics or can create custom courses based on your needs.
Financial Counseling
If you are having financial difficulties and would like to discuss your options, Blaze recommends the financial counseling programs offered through the nonprofit organization LSS Financial Counseling.
LSS Financial Counseling is a member of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC) and serves all people regardless of race, creed, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or age.
They offer free budget and debt counseling, foreclosure prevention help, and low-fee debt management plans (DMP) to resolve credit card debt faster. They help over 10,000 families of all incomes each year.
Desjardins Financial Education Award
Blaze has been honored with the Adult Desjardins Financial Education Award for eight consecutive years and the Youth Desjardins for six years in a row.
Presented by the Minnesota Credit Union Network (MnCUN), the awards recognize leadership within the credit union movement on behalf of financial literacy.
Blaze was also honored at the national level with the second place 2019 Adult Desjardins Financial Education Award.
Sponsored by Credit Union National Association (CUNA), the award recognizes leadership within the credit union movement in the area of adult financial literacy on a national level.