Financial Literacy and Changing Technologies

AJ Gonzales

Brown Bag Lunch Presentation with A.J. Gonzales, Community Manager, Umpqua Bank

Monday, October 19, 2020 - 12:00pm

Explore how evolving technologies are now, or will soon, affect the way we conduct financial affairs. Learn how credit cards, debit cards, "cash" and gift cards, internet banking, and smartphones may soon displace the cash economy. Find out what cryptocurrencies and block chain systems are and what to expect in the future.

AJ Gonzales is a 2004 environmental science graduate of Humboldt. After managing the Arcata Branch of Bank of America, in 2014, he joined Umpqua Bank as a manager and, by 2018, was the community manager overseeing the Garberville, Fortuna, Arcata and McKinleyville locations. He served as 2019-20 President of the Rotary Club of Arcata Sunrise.