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Know what you can (and should) afford Ideally, your car payment will be less than 10% of your take-home pay. Talk to a loan officer at the credit union before you shop to find out what amount you are pre-approved for.  Shop and test-drive Once you know how much you...

Your credit union is making a conscious effort over the next few months to verify your address, phone numbers, and get updated photo identification scanned into our system.  We apologize for the inconvenience, but we're excited to be maintaining high levels of...

If you love Bowater Credit Union, it's time to tell your friends and neighbors they can join and you'll both get rewarded! Refer someone to Bowater Credit Union in February, and as long as they join and open at least two qualifying accounts, and keep them open for 90...

When Collections Specialist Amanda Pettit considers options for a repossessed vehicle, she always works to reduce expense to the membership and the hardship on the member who purchased the vehicle. Recently, Amanda was faced with two vehicles that needed a large...

Several members have reported receiving calls to their cell phone from someone who claims to be with Microsoft.  The scammers are asking the victims to agree to charges.  These calls are not from Microsoft; they are scammers attempting to gain personal information...

Your credit union has partnered with Cleveland Utilities to install a 24-hour access Payment Kiosk at our Hardwick Farms Branch. If you are a Cleveland Utilities customer, you can use cash or card to pay your bill, anytime day or night right at our Hardwick Farms...

If you find yourself with far too many loan payments to keep up with you may want to look into consolidating that debt.  Debt consolidation is just simply combining multiple balances into one loan so you just have one payment! Credit Cards are a great example: If you...

More than 60% of people surveyed by the National Retail Federation requested a gift for the 2016 holiday season, equaling an estimated $24.78 billion. An estimated $45.7 billion is estimated to be floating around on unused gift cards since 2005. If you are...

The 6th Annual Relay for Life Monster Run 5k was held on Saturday, October 27th.  Thank you to all our runners and volunteers who came out for this fun fundraising event!

One of the benefits of banking with a credit union is knowing that we exist to serve the membership. It is with that spirit that we offer the Holiday Loan each year from October 15 through December 31. With this limited-time loan you can borrow up to $2,000 at a...