Run on the Bank
313 Hudson Street
Ithaca, New York 14850
Phone: (607) 227 0934
Fax: (206) 666-5128
Email: Bill@RunontheBank.net
Website: http://www.runonthebank.net/

Presentations:

• Auto Lending in Non-Prime markets
• Behavioral Economics in product design
• Check Cashing to gather new accounts
• Collaboration to achieve efficiency
• Community Partnership Lending
• Developing Products for Emerging Markets
• Financial Education Just-in-Time
• Grants for Community Development
• Individual Development Accounts (IDA) for savings
• Micro Enterprise Services
• Partnerships with nonprofits: How to speak Partnership language
• Payday Lending
• Peer-to-Peer Lending
• PrePaid Cards, a market growing without credit unions
• Social Media
• Using Alternative Credit Scoring Data
• VITA Tax Preparation for CUs
• Youth financial Services

Speaker Fees:

• For on-site is $1000 per day plus travel. For off-site (phone and writing) $750 per day.

Speaker Biography:

William Myers founded Alternatives Federal Credit Union and was its CEO through mid-2007. From its inception, Alternatives successfully focused on serving emerging markets through innovative products and partnerships. Noted innovations include a VITA tax preparation site, Five youth credit union branches, small business training and lending, volunteer staffed financial planning, and Individual Development Accounts.

Myers is a Senior Fellow with the Economic Opportunities program of the Aspen Institute. He continues his work researching, consulting, and speaking on innovative product design and partnerships. His most recent projects include payday lending models, a non-prime auto lending study, pre-paid cards for emerging markets, a scale and sustainability study, and a pilot using back office consolidation as a merger alternative. He is the List Moderator for the Community Development Banking list.