Instant Balance makes checking your balance, instant! Did you know that you can check your account balance without logging into the mobile app? Instant Balance gives you one-click access to your account balance on your mobile phone. Ready to set it up? Login to your mobile app and select 'Instant Balance' from settings Turn ON [...]
Green Country FCU will be closed on the following federal holidays in 2023: 2023 New Year's Day (observed) Monday, January 2 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Monday, January 16 President's Day Monday, February 20 Memorial Day Monday, May 29 Juneteenth Monday, June 19 Independence Day Monday, July 4 Labor Day Monday, September 4 Columbus [...]
Free, Financial Education Webinars Join us for free webinars in 2023! Whether you’re an employee, member, family, or friend, our webinars are packed with useful info and are open to everyone. Just make sure to reserve your virtual seat. Select Sign Up at the links below to register. When prompted please enter ‘Green Country FCU’ as your [...]
Mobile Payments & Banking Tips Cybersecurity Tips to Keep You Safe More and more frequently, consumers are using their mobile devices for online banking, payments, and shopping. We can now check our bank account balances, deposit a check using a mobile device’s camera, pay bills, transfer money between friends, and make purchases directly on our [...]
10 ways to spend less when shopping online Get what you need without overpaying—or being tricked into overbuying. Key takeaways Retail sites have features that entice you to buy more than you need, but savvy shopping can help you stick to a budget. These tips and habits—including staying focused, carefully timing purchases, and factoring in [...]
WOMEN AND MONEY: Take Control Over Your Financial Life Ladies, let’s talk about a financial topic that’s taboo for many of us to even think about discussing with another person… money. No, not how to spend money–that’s the easy part–how to save and invest it, like stocks, bonds, and other investments. What is it about [...]
What is the 30-day savings rule? The 30-day savings rule is simple: the next time you find yourself considering an impulse buy, stop yourself and think about it for 30 days. If you still want to make that purchase after those 30 days, go for it. This rule works because by forcing yourself to wait [...]
How COVID-19 Has Changed People's Money Habits: The Significance of an Emergency Fund An emergency fund is a specific amount of money that you set aside for periods of uncertainty or suffering - such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Many people don't have (or even know about) an emergency fund until the pandemic struck and they [...]
Financial Education Webinars All webinars are free and open to everyone - even if you're not currently a Green Country FCU member! Register for the webinar of your preferred time (there’s two each month) but don’t worry if you can’t be there right at 12:30 or 7:30. As long as you’ve registered in advance, you’ll [...]
Cyber Monday Shopping Safety Tips If you’re planning to snag some great shopping deals online, you’ll need to be sure you’re shopping smart. Here’s a quick brush up on some old safety tips to help you make secure transactions on your mobile devices. Stick to Secure Websites Nothing take the happy out of the holidays [...]
Webinar Recap: Rebuilding After A Financial Crisis Our November financial education webinar focused on the steps you can take to rebuild after a financial crisis. Here are the highlights: BUDGET - Analyze the money coming in and develop a reasonable and goal-oriented plan for what goes out. **TIP: Use a money tracker, like Money Manager inside online [...]
Message Pay Making Loan Payments Mobile Message Pay is a quick, easy, mobile payment portal for your Green Country FCU loans. You can make a payment to your Green Country loan from any non-Green Country FCU account by text message or online. All Green Country members with an active personal loan and a mobile phone [...]
How to Teach Your Kids About Money and Credit In this article: When Should Kids Start Building Credit? How to Help Your Child Build Good Credit Habits How to Teach Your Kids to Be Smart With Money Getting Your Kids Started With Credit Cards Can a Child Have a Credit Report and Score? How to [...]
5 Tips to Build (and Maintain) a Good Credit Score Like building a house, constructing a financially stable life requires laying a solid foundation. In difficult economic times like these, though, building that foundation can be a challenge. Good credit remains a core part of any financial foundation. Having good credit can make it easier [...]
Yes, credit cards can be dangerous. But credit cards are also a powerful tool if you know how to use them responsibly. How credit cards work A credit card is a revolving line of credit that allows you to make charges at any time up to the amount of a specific credit limit. When [...]
How to Create a Strong Password — That You Won’t Forget Need to create a secure password that hackers can't guess? Use a passphrase! Make it easy to remember, yet hard to crack. Passwords. We all hate them. And we hate ours especially. We know they’re terrible, but making them stronger seems so hard: use [...]
A checking account can help teach your teen important money basics. Get them started in high school to help them learn money management at an early age. Teen checking accounts – A few tips to keep in mind You may have opened a savings account for your children as a way to sock away money [...]
18 Ways To Save Money This Week Finding creative ways to save money can make all the difference when it comes to your personal finances. Saving money whenever possible can help build your emergency fund, save for a vacation, or even free up money so you can start investing. For example, saving $10 a week from [...]
5 key financial basics for teens One of the most powerful things for your teen to be able to do is to track where their money goes, and that starts with budgeting. Before your teen leaves home, they should know how to create a budget how to track spending, and how to save for the [...]
Online Banking is Up! Login Here: https://bit.ly/GCFCU Need help with your accounts? Member Support Call or text (918) 245-1301 or email: members@greencountryfcu.com Mobile Banking App - Apple devices Mobile Banking App - Android devices Text Alerts - Text commands to 71806 'BAL' - Balance 'HIST + account nickname' - Most recent days' transactions 24/hour [...]
Teen checking account – 4 tips to keep in mind A checking account can help teach your teen important money basics. Get them started in high school to help them learn money management at an early age. You may have opened a savings account for your children as a way to sock away money [...]
Money Missteps - A Great Thing to Happen to a Kid? You Spent Your Money on What?! Any parent with a child old enough to have control over money has probably at least thought that, if not shouted it across a dinner table. While the outrage at a teenager spending an entire pile of birthday [...]
If you missed it last week, don't worry, you can still register for the 2nd broadcast of this highly informational teaching tool. Session 2: Thursday, April 22, 2021 Time: 5:30 p.m. PT / 8:30 p.m. ET Sign Up If you can't view it live at 7:30 p.m. (CST) you will still have access to the [...]
Dear Green Country family, I wanted to give everyone an update on the continuing online banking outage we’re experiencing and hopefully explain a little as to why this is such a big incident. This unprecedented winter weather event is affecting everyone across the U.S., and Oklahoma and Texas are getting hit especially hard. We utilize [...]
Remote Services Offline February 18, 2021 8:00 a.m. | Online and mobile banking are back up but there are still intermittent issues. Fiserv is continuing to work toward a complete and full restoration or services and we expect more updates as the morning progresses. February 17, 2021 4:00 p.m. | Our latest update from Fiserv is [...]
Lobbies Now OPEN! As of Monday, March 1, 2021, all Green Country FCU lobbies are re-opened for in-person banking services. We are a community credit union, and the health and well-being of our communities continues to be our top priority - including making the decision to close our lobbies back in January. By limiting access [...]
UPDATE 2/15/2021 - Lobbies will ReOpen March 1st Now that staffing levels are back to almost normal and we're seeing a decline in community-wide COVID-19 cases, we will reopen our lobbies for in-person services on Monday, March 1st. UPDATE 1/28/2021 - LOBBIES CLOSED After reviewing staffing levels and community case levels, we have decided to [...]
Mask Mandate Lifted As of Monday, May 3, 2021, Green Country is following the lifting of city, county and state mask mandates and masks will no longer be required in our branch lobbies. We still encourage members to act responsibly and safely and follow CDC guidelines for social distancing, hand washing, and wearing masks when [...]
UPDATE May 1, 2020 Green Country FCU lobbies will continue to be closed to the public until further notice. We are working on a re-opening plan to keep members and employees safe. Keep an eye on this page for updates. Appointments can be made for safe deposit box access and more, please call (918) 245-1301. [...]
