It seems as if everywhere you look these days, some business or website wants you to sign-up to join as a member. Is it worth all the time and hassle to sign up for a credit union? How long is the process? What do you have to do to qualify? Are there any specific requirements [...] Read more »

If you are looking to open up a new account to take care of your banking business, such as checking and savings accounts, but that will also help you learn how to improve your finances, consider joining a Southeastern Massachusetts credit union. There are lots of choices available to American consumers when it comes to [...] Read more »

Joining a credit union in New Bedford can be a great alternative to working with a bank. There are a lot of reasons why many people choose to join credit unions in the first place, but there are still many credit union members that don’t take full advantage of all the opportunities available to them [...] Read more »

When most people start looking around to purchase a new or used car, they typically just go straight to the dealer and shop around for prices and deals. Unfortunately, most people end up submitting themselves to the mercy of the car dealer and just take the auto loan options given to them through the financial [...] Read more »

The modern credit union dates as far back as 1852 by Franz Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch in Germany. Schulze-Delitzsch create what would become the first successful urban credit union system. Twelve years later in 1864, the first rural credit union was formed by a man named Raiffeisen, as a means of serving small communities that were considered [...] Read more »

Times are tough. Many people are struggling to pay bills, yet the need to save more money and put it away for emergencies is more important now than ever before. You have already taken the first step toward creating a safety cushion for you and your family by opening up a savings account with your [...] Read more »

A home equity loan is a loan that allows homeowners to borrow money against the equity in their homes. Also known as a “second mortgage,” this type of loan became extremely popular in the late 1990s as a means of helping consumers get around changes that were made to the tax code that got rid [...] Read more »

As a member of a credit union in New Bedford, there are lots of ways to save and grow your money. A money market deposit account is a type of savings account that you can get at your local New Bedford credit union. It has a lot of similarities to a regular savings account that [...] Read more »

Being a member of a credit union has its privileges. One of the biggest advantages is the ability to get new and used auto loans at a better rate than you would get at the car dealer. The process of getting a credit union car loan is also much easier for members than it would [...] Read more »

Are you saving for your retirement? Do you have a pension or a 401k through your place of employment? What strategies and goals are you working on to ensure that you are ready to retire when the time comes? Whether you already have a pension, 401k or other type of retirement savings plan through your [...] Read more »