Smart Ways to Use Debt Without Getting Into Trouble (#75)

Pocket Change Podcast · Feb 12, 2026 · 19m

Are there ways to use debt to help your financial well-being? Find out by hearing from Keagan van Wijk, Director of Consumer Lending at Leaders Credit Union. Wijk shares different ways you can use debt to your advantage, not your detriment, through HELOCs, cash-out financing, and balance transfers on credit cards. Also, tune in to hear Keagan's journey to the United States from England and South Africa.

Highlights:

01:18 – Tell us about yourself and your role here at Leaders.

02:26 – Can you share some of the cultural differences you've experienced in the USA, England, and South Africa?

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