What's New

SASCU has Scholarships

It's that time of year again, when high school and college students are looking at scholarship opportunities. Help us share the news that SASCU offers scholarships and students should check with their high school counsellor or at Okanagan College for details. We also list other award & bursary opportunities on our Scholarship page of sascu.com. Have a look. These opportunties are only available to SASCU members!

SASCU Is Looking for Your Feedback

SASCU is working with Arcas Group Inc. to randomly recruit members to participate in upcoming focus groups about SASCU brands. You may be called between January 23 to February 3 and invited to participate.

Your input is important to us and we look forward to your feedback.

It's RRSP Season!

This year, we're offering great rates on term deposits. We want to help you get "more bang for your buck." Check out our savings and investment products here and get in touch with us to talk about saving today.

Call for Nominations to the Board

Salmon Arm Savings and Credit Union is looking for talented and conscientious Board Nominees to lead and strengthen our financial co-operative. Candidates able to make strong contributions in the areas of Critical Thinking, Human Resources and Financial Literacy would help to maintain a balanced board. We don't expect nominees to possess a high degree in every area as it is the collective knowledge and experience that will continue to make the Credit Union strong.

Nominations to fill three positions will be accepted until the close of business February 15, 2012. For details contact:

June Stewart, Governance Committee Chair / 250-804-2787
junestewart@sascu.com

Richard Chmilar / 250-836-4164 / richardchmilar@sascu.com

Glenn Hill / 250-832-4041 / glennhill@sascu.com

Curtis Olson / 250-832-94446 / curtisolson@sascu.com

TurboTax 2011 is Coming

No matter where life may take you, TurboTax makes it easy to do your taxes right and get your maximum tax refund guaranteed.1 What's best, as a SASCU member, you can get a special 20% discount on TurboTax Online products.

With TurboTax it's easy to do your taxes right:

TurboTax now offers personalized tax advice from an experienced tax professional for FREE! Available via phone or live chat until April 15, 2012 2
100% Accurate Calculations 3
Double checks your return so you get the all the deductions and credits you deserve

Stayed tuned. We’ll let you know as soon as TurboTax is available!

New Terms & Conditions for Business Members

To improve clarity and enhance the language around our business account agreements, we have revised our Business Account Agreement Terms and Conditions. If you have a business account with us, these terms and conditions are what govern our agreement. Note, these revisions only apply to our business account members and came into effect December 19, 2011.

Copies of the new Terms and Conditions are below.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact us. We're here for you at SASCU.

Your Newsletter Goes Digital

Looking for your member newsletter? The Connect is now coming to you as part of your e-Statement.

Members who continue to receive their account statements in the mail will still see the quarterly copy of the Connect in paper. The big change is for members who have chosen to receive e-Statements only. You will now find a digital version of your Connect member newsletter with your e-Statement.

The Winter issue of the Connect is now available and was included with all November 30 business account statements and December 15 personal account statements.

If you'd like to receive your Connect and statements online, check out the e-Statements details. Go paper-free!

SASCU Board Approves New Branch

At their December 13 meeting, the SASCU Board of Directors gave their approval to the 2012 budget including the Uptown Development. Construction will begin March 2012 on this Green standard building with doors to open in the spring of 2013.

The decision to pursue a second branch in Salmon Arm has been in the works for some time with the ultimate goal of accomodating SASCU's growth and making it more convenient for members to access the services they need.For a look at the press release circulated to local media, click here.

For ongoing updates, visit our Branch Expansion page.

Banking Made Easy with Your Mobile Phone

You can now use your mobile phone to directly access a cell phone-sized version of our online banking site. All you need is a phone with a desk-top class browser.

Bank where you like, when you like with Mobile Web. Click here for details.

New Rate Riser Term Deposit

For times when interest rates are low and you're looking for a year over year increase, consider our new 3 or 5 year Rate Riser term deposit. 100% guaranteed. Click here for details.

MasterCard Applications Available Online

You can now apply for a MasterCard® credit card where and when you like, online.

Visit the CUETS Financial MasterCard products site, select the credit card you think will work best for you, have a look at the terms and then simply click "Apply Now."

You are still welcome to visit any one of our 3 branches and apply through us, but with this online option, the choice is now up to you.

E-Statements for SASCU Members

SASCU is now offering e-Statements to members. This is a fast, easy and reliable way to look at your account activity without having to receive paper statements in the mail.

E-Statements are available online anywhere, anytime you like via MemberDirect® online banking. You can view up to two year's worth of e-Statements in this secure environment and save copies to your own computer for future reference. E-Statements are also legally admissible documents just like your paper statements with added convenience – they are available to you sooner and are paper-free.

To choose e-Statements only and cancel your paper statements, click on the Online Banking tab above and after logging in, look for the e-Statement button. From here, follow the prompts.

If you aren't already signed up for MemberDirect online banking and want to choose e-Statements only, visit us in-branch.

Everyone who chooses e-Statements only by June 30, 2012 will be entered in our Go "e" and win me contest. SASCU will also donate $1 on behalf of every member who chooses e-Statements only to the SASCU Community Endowment Fund in support of environmental projects in the Shuswap. For full contest details, click here.

For more details about e-Statements, click here.

E-Statements – a new service for you.

Time to Use your CHIP Card

Have you received your new chip-enabled Member Card® debit card? New cards were mailed out to members this past fall.

If you haven't and you have an account you are accessing with an old magnetic stripe card, please get in touch with us right away. Just drop us an email at info@sascu.com or give us a
call. We are working to ensure members have activated and are only using their new chip-enabled debit cards.

If you have received your chip-enabled Member Card and are using it, that's terrific. You now have added security and protection from fraud and card skimming thanks to this new chip technology.

If you haven't used your new chip card yet, please do. More and more retailers are expecting chip cards and the added security makes this safe payment system even safer.

For more details about our move from the magnetic stripe cards to chip, visit Card Services/chip-enabled Member Cards or visit us in-branch.

New Remarkable Micro-Loan Program Launches

Don't just think remarkable. Be remarkable. Find out more about the Remarkable Micro-Loan by clicking here - or apply online at beremarkable.com.

Through the Remarkable Micro-Loan program, we're giving great ideas the credit they deserve.