Celebrating 90 years of business

With 2013, comes Systematic Savings Bank's 90th year in the Springfield community. This is a huge accomplishment. A special thanks goes out to our customers, employees, and friends.

 

At Systematic, we pride ourselves as being "the oldest new bank in town." This means we stay in tune with the community and adapt to your needs. We can offer you several commercial and personal products along with all the other convinces you've come to expect from a larger bank. Yet we also know the importance of being personal and that's why we strive so hard to develp partnerships with our customers and look forward to doing the same for you. For a full list of our offerings, please visit our website at www.mysytematic.com. If you have any questions, please call the main bank at 417.862.0536 or stop by our 318 South Avenue location.

Student Loan Fast Facts

More Americans are attending college at a time when college is getting more expensive and according to the Financial Services Roundtable, 57% of bachelor’s degree recipients at public institutions borrow the money to pay for college. Are you part of the 57%? You might be interested in reading some of the Fast Facts recently released on student loans by the Financial Services Roundtable.

According to the article, despite the fact that student loans are now the largest form of consumer debt (outside of home mortgages) the college graduate unemployment rate is 3.9%, compared to the national average of 7.8%. This means college graduates have a better chance of paying back and handling this debt.

So if you’re on the fence about pulling out a loan you really need this semester, know that attending college and finishing your degree might be worth it. Read more fast facts.

Spring into the Swing Giveaway

It is Thursday once again and Systematic has another giveaway that I'd like to share with you.

 

It's our Spring into the Swing Giveaway. It's geared toward Missouri State University Students and will be going from now until Febuary 11th. Here is how you can enter and the rules:

 

Simply “like” us on Facebook and then send us a FB message with your name and phone number by February 11th for a chance to win one of 12 back-to-school inspired prizes aimed to help you spring back into the swing of things. Once you enter, you could win:

• one of two $100 gift cards to the Missouri State Bookstore,
• one of two $50 gift cards to 5 # Apparel,
• one of four $25 gift cards to the Bistro Market, or
• five of twenty free play passes to 1984 Arcade.

Once you’ve liked us on Facebook, please stop by our 318 South Avenue location for cookies, coffee, and a friendly conversation about the products and services we have to offer college students. We’ll enter your name into the drawing five more times.
Systematic Savings Bank hopes that 2013 brings you another wonderful semester at MSU. We look forward to serving you. Good luck, students.

Your contact information will only be used to contact you if you win. No purchase is necessary. You do not have to have an account with Systematic to enter. Winners will be contacted by 5:30 p.m. on February 15th.

An individual’s chance of winning depends on the individual’s number of entries and on the number of participants. Systematic Savings Bank is not responsible for lost or stolen gift cards after the cards are given to the prize winners.

Apps that will help you keep your resolutions this year

Happy New Year! Do you have active plans to reach those New Year’s resolutions? Whatever your plans for the New Year are, here are some apps that will help you achieve those goals for 2013.

If your plans are to manage your finances better, then Pageonce is the app for you. It’s free and a personal finance app that makes a note of the incoming/outgoing numbers of your various bank accounts, credit cards, monthly bills.

If your plans are to get more organized this year, try LifeTopix for $1. It manages calendars, to-do lists, agendas, private information, projects, and travel plans. LifeTopix is a blank canvas that adjusts to whatever you want it to be and it syncs across numerous devices.

Want to learn something new? Get iTunesU for your Smart Phone. Topics such as art, business, science, literature or mathematics are just some of the genres you can expect to find on this free service.

If you want to lose weight, LoseIt is a free app that can track your dietary and exercise information daily, so you don’t have to.

If you’ve decided to drop a bad habit, The Habit Factor will break down your expectations into several tasks that can be done easily with habitual training. $5.

Do you want to travel more in 2013? My Trips is a $2 app that helps you build the perfect travel itinerary to anywhere you please.

Good luck!