As the leaves begin to change color, it's time to start thinking about your year-end money strategy. The fall and winter holidays are closer than you think. Use the following strategies to make the rest of the year count. Clean out your closet. You...
We have reports of members receiving an email (see image above) asking for them to confirm their online banking username and password. Once they click on the link they are taken to a page that looks similar to our online banking login. They are then...
Avoid being a “Check Washing” Victim Check washing is becoming a very popular way for thieves to steal from your checking account. Check washing is a process where thieves use chemicals to remove the ink of a check, leaving behind only the paper. They then rewrite...
Finding Extra Savings on Auto Insurance It goes without saying that the best way to keep insurance premiums low is to avoid accidents and tickets. In setting prices, insurance companies constantly seek statistical patterns for groups of people who file more or fewer claims on their...
Credit Unions Are Intentionally Different Credit unions are different from banks in significant ways. Those differences were made intentionally, with the membership, as the focus. For one thing, credit unions are not-for-profit cooperatives owned by their members. Therefore, credit unions try to avoid doing anything that...
Phony fraud prevention alerts from “your financial institution” are the most common type of text scams according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Listed below are the top five text scams reported by the FTC: Copycat bank fraud prevention alerts Bogus “gift card offers” that can...
The Western Sun marketing department was recently honored by the Marketing Association of Credit Unions with three MAC Awards presented at the 2023 marketing conference. Western Sun won in the following categories: broadcast – video, broadcast – radio, and outdoor advertising. This is the third...
You already know that car loans cost less when you can pay a portion of a vehicle’s purchase price in cash. Makes sense—you borrow less when you have a down payment. But coming up with that down payment can be a challenge. And then, once you...
Western Sun Federal Credit Union donated $5,000 to the Children’s Hospital Foundation at Saint Francis during our annual meeting held on April 21st. This donation is part of our involvement in Credit Unions for Kids (CU4Kids), a cooperative network of credit unions that support nonprofit...
During the business meeting of our 83rd annual meeting on April 21, 2023, three members were elected to the Board of Directors. John Robinson, Lisa Spencer, and Russell Torbett were each elected to serve a three-year term. The Western Sun Federal Credit Union Board is...
