Blaze is proud to be named Minnesota’s Best in five categories in the 2024 Star Tribune Readers’ Choice Awards. Blaze earned Gold status for Credit Union, Home Mortgage, Wealth Management, and Customer Service-Financial Services while also earning a Silver in the overall Customer Service category.
The Star Tribune Readers’ Choice Awards is an audience-driven program that recognizes the three best businesses (Minnesota’s Best) in 375 categories. This year, over 7,300 businesses were nominated, and 1,174,000 total votes were cast. Businesses are nominated by owners, managers, customers, and/or fans.
“Our goal every day is to improve the lives of our members and earning such high marks from those members is a testament to the teams we have built here at Blaze,” said Blaze CEO Dan Stoltz. Our attention to the financial needs of our members will not change as we continue to deliver the high service expectations our members, and our staff members are accustomed to.”
Blaze is the third largest credit union in Minnesota with $4.2 billion in assets, 27 branches across Minnesota, and serving nearly 250,000 members.
For more information on Minnesota’s Best and to see the complete list of all the categories and all of those honored please visit Minnesota's Best.
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