Matt Davis and Carla Day discuss Currency Marketing’s “Money in the Bank” video contest with DeAndre Upshaw, then move on to heavier topics like the Addison Avenue/First Tech merger and Nevada FCU’s decision to pay members to withdraw deposits with The Financial Brand’s Jeffry Pilcher and Arizona State FCU’s Paul Stull.

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1. Top Web Videos of the Past Year
2. Twitter Bitches (Video)
3. The Debate Over Social Media at the Office
4. You’re Still Keeping Your Money in a Big Bank?
5. Foursquare and Gowalla in a Dead Heat in the Location War
6. Robot Love
7. What Type of Financial Institutions Would Consumers Consider for a Vehicle Loan?

Make sure your clock is set for this week’s edition of Why Gen Y Live! We have the President of Brand Amplitude Carol Phillips set to mix up up with me as we talk about the issues that financial institutions are facing today, and how they can reach the youth of the country.

Tune in today at our Young & Free Headquarters for all the goodness! We’ll also be doing an update on our “Money In The Bank” competition!

Seeeeeee you there!
DeAndre

1. Gen Y to Banks: Do Better
2. 10 Critical Issues You Need to Address in 2010
3. Do You Inspire Customer Service Tales?
4. CU Marketing Officer Burns Sunrise Hour to Complete Her Tome
5. Millennials Face Dark Present, But See a Bright Future

1. A New Calling for Call’s Girl
2. The Hard Part is Showing Your Work
3. Open Source Banking: Innovating Despite Banks Who Remain Out of Touch
4. RIP FDIC
5. Social Media Goes Both Ways
6. Protecting Companies That Mix Profitability, Values

1. Generation Revelation
2. Survey of Consumer Payment Choice
3. Squashing IT’s Sacred Cows
4. Is Gen-Y Really Any Different?

Denise Wymore tackles the often-overlooked topic of first impressions with Rob Rutkowski, Lydia Johnson, and Thomas Bowen. Why does opening an account feel like an interrogation? What can credit unions do to make the “first date” nice enough to get a second? Are we doing all we can to be welcoming to alternative lifestyles? Minorities?

You may download the show directly in .mp3 format by clicking here.

1. Credit Union: Puh-lease Take Your Money
2. Social Media Cheetsheet (.pdf)
3. Getting the Most Out of Twitter, No Posting Necessary
4. Overdrafts are Out: What’s it Mean for Preauthorized Purchases?
5. iPad will “Change Entire PC Ecosystem”

1. Real Estate Price Forecast: City by City
2. Warning: Your Reality is Out of Date
3. Avoiding the Social Media Pigeonhole
4. PFM: Platform for Customer Engagement
5. Holy Grail or Another False Start for Identity?

People!
This week on Why Gen Y Live, we have the pleasure of having the awesome Josh Sutherland of Young & Free South Carolina with us.
Josh is finishing up his tenure as the inaugural spokester in the Palmetto State (I googled that) and is going to opine with us about his year, and offer some advice to the 20 applicants lined up in fierce competition to take his job!
Make sure you tune in, today 1PT/3CT/4ET!

http://www.youngfreehq.com/live/

If you have any ideas for future show guests or topics, hit me up on Twitter @deandresays!