AmeriCU Credit Union’s Digital Services Enhance Financial Journeys with Flexibility and Convenience
AmeriCU Credit Union understands the importance of staying connected to its members. Identifying trends and changing needs of the financial services industry is not just important, it is critical. So is knowing how members want and need to connect and interact with your organization. Having this level of knowledge can ensure you are providing the services and technological capabilities necessary to remain relevant as well as provide your organization with an opportunity to expand.
Since its establishment in 1950 at Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, New York, AmeriCU has grown to serve more than 160,000 members. Remaining true to its core of people helping people, AmeriCU takes pride in serving the financial needs of its members through better rates, lower fees, convenient locations, robust product options, financial guidance, superior service, and community reinvestment. The credit union is continuously evolving their products and services to meet the needs of their growing membership.
In July, the New York State Department of Financial Services approved the credit union’s expansion into 15 additional counties across the North Country, Mohawk Valley, Central New York, and Cortland-Ithaca communities. This expansion aligns with the credit union’s mission to provide members of all means the right financial services to achieve their goals.
By extending their footprint, the credit union can offer solutions to address the unique financial needs of more communities, individuals, families, and businesses, fostering growth and development in New York and beyond. By reaching a broader audience and welcoming new members the credit union has a larger platform to offer educational resources and programs.
By keeping its vision and mission at the forefront along with strategic planning, AmeriCU continuously evolves forward with a modern approach to banking and innovation. The credit union offers the latest technologies that provide a seamless and user-friendly experience through their Virtual Financial Center. The Virtual Financial Center acts as a broad technological platform that enables the credit union to expand their services to cover the newly added counties in their footprint.
The Virtual Financial Center team is able to provide nearly the same service experience members receive and expect when visiting an office in person. Members can conveniently access and utilize the credit union’s Virtual Financial Center, making banking with AmeriCU available from anywhere, across town, the state, or around the world. AmeriCU belongs to a network of other credit unions, so members have access to over 30,000 nationwide surcharge-free ATMs and over 5,000 shared branch locations.
These enhanced digital engagement methods give members online access to the credit union services from anywhere. AmeriCU has a dedicated team ready and available to manage transactions, inquiries, and applications virtually and connect with members for all their financial needs.
Members can even quickly and easily apply for a mortgage through the Credit Union’s new mortgage app. The mortgage app enhances the members’ loan application experience and streamlines the loan process. The app keeps members connected through the loan process and informed every step of the way.
Members experience the ease and expertise of having a personal mortgage assistant in the palm of their hand. The app allows members to seek pre-approval in minutes, easily upload documents, and have all their questions answered from the initial application to the final stages of closing. Users can review loan details, check payment schedules, and access important documents on their smartphones or tablets, reducing the need for physical paperwork or visits to the financial center. With these benefits members experience flexibility and efficiency in their journey towards homeownership.
The new virtual financial center and mortgage app is a reflection of AmeriCU’s commitment to bringing their members best-in-class products, services, and technologies. By enhancing their digital tools, AmeriCU ensures members stay connected to cutting-edge technologies, offering the flexibility and convenience necessary to attain financial success. This innovative technology provides members with an efficient way to stay connected from anywhere.
AmeriCU is committed to building strong connections. Whether it is connecting members to the right products and services to meet their needs, the right resources to help them achieve their goals, the right technology to improve their lives or simply connecting on a personal level, this is the difference Members will experience with AmeriCU. The credit union’s experienced team looks forward to bringing innovation and ease of access to even more individuals and businesses throughout the expanded footprint it now serves.
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