Blogs - Saving

Investing Basics Lunch and Learn

Allegiance offers a wide variety of educational lunch and learns.  Assistant Vice President, Lance Worsham, is the presenter of Investing Basics which teaches attendees how to set investment goals, building your portfolio and how to avoid common mistakes. 

Mon, 07/14/2008 - 21:40 by acu_Laurie | Read Post

Earnie's Corner Now Open in Edmond

Earnie's Corner, a special area created for the credit union's younger members, is designed so children can have a fun experience depositing money into their accounts.  Named after the credit union's mascot- "Earnie the Eagle" - Earnie's Corner features a mural with pictures of Earnie.  When a child walks up to the area, they are able to pick up a phone to speak with a teller, while seeing them in the monitor.  They can send their money up in a tube that

Wed, 06/18/2008 - 22:01 by acu_Laurie | Read Post

Catch Up On Your Retirement Savings with a $5,000 Contribution in ’08

On January 1, 2008, both new and existing  savers will be able to contribute more than ever to their Individual Retirement Accounts. 2008 marks the first year qualifying IRA owners may contribute up to $5,000 to a Traditional or Roth IRA. IRA owners who are age 50 or older by the end of 2008 may contribute

Tue, 03/18/2008 - 14:50 by acu_shauna | Read Post

Increased Insurance Coverage on Your Accounts at Allegiance

Did you realize that your share accounts are now insured up to $350,000 and your retirement accounts are insured up to $500,000? This exceptional level of coverage is attained through a combination of federal insurance by the National
Credit Union Association (NCUA) and private insurance by Excess Share Insurance Corporation (ESI).

NCUA insures individual share accounts to a maximum of $100,000, regardless of the number of accounts you may have. NCUA insures IRA accounts up to $250,000.

Tue, 03/18/2008 - 14:47 by acu_shauna | Read Post

Easy Money Saving Tips

Saving money doesn’t have to be difficult, and a little can turn into a lot over time! Here are 7 easy ways to help you save $1000 in 2008!

1. Set up a small automatic transfer out of each paycheck to go into an emergency savings account so that you don’t miss the money to begin with!

2. Instead of eating lunch in restaurants brown bag your lunch as often as you can. We’ve even created a Brown Bag Calculator to help you determine how much you could save by bringing your lunch once, twice or even five times a week!

Tue, 03/18/2008 - 14:46 by acu_shauna | Read Post

Save Money at Amazon.com

Amazon.com has some great savings opportunities but I am here to tell you exactly what you need to do to maximize your savings opportunities at the online retail giant.

The first thing that can make Amazon’s low prices start to disappear is when you end up having to pay shipping. When $5 shipping is added to your $17 DVD the price suddenly doesn’t seem so low.

Fri, 03/14/2008 - 01:07 by acu_shauna | Read Post