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6 Steps to Crushing Debt
Ready to say goodbye to high-interest bills for good? Get the fast facts with our quick-start guide to crushing debt, featuring six behavioral and digital strategies to automate your payments, outsmart interest traps, and choose the perfect payoff plan for your lifestyle. Continue reading
Do It Today: Steps 5-8 of 12 toward Living a Debt-Free Life
Ready to accelerate your journey to financial freedom? Discover Steps 5 through 8 of our debt-free guide, featuring practical tips on leveraging digital budgeting tools, spotting hidden spending traps, picking the right payoff strategy, and safely boosting your income. Continue reading
Cut the Wires! Inter-Institution Transfers Now Available in Digital Banking
Moving money between different financial institutions doesn't have to mean pricey wire fees or manual paper checks. Discover the complete step-by-step how-to guide to securely link outside domestic bank accounts to your ATFCU app, master the micro-deposit verification process, and save over 70% compared to traditional wire costs. Continue reading
Text Banking
Don’t have a smartphone? Don’t worry - we have what you need. Text banking is what you are looking for. Follow the instructions in this post to have text banking at your fingertips. This service is simple, secure, free and works on nearly all cell phones. Continue reading
Set Up Email or Text Alerts for Your ATFCU Accounts
Keeping a close eye on your account activity shouldn't mean logging into your dashboard multiple times a day. Discover our step-by-step how-to guide to customize instant email and text alerts on both mobile and desktop online banking, learn how to edit blue threshold values for large deposits or low balances, and gain peace of mind. Continue reading
Pay Your ATFCU Loan Electronically
Keeping your credit union loans perfectly balanced shouldn't require manual branch line visits or costly wire hopscotch. Discover our complete step-by-step how-to guide to securely pay your ATFCU loans online or in the mobile app using external bank accounts or debit cards, learn our daily 4:00 PM Central processing cutoffs, and save on transaction fees. Continue reading
Use Your ATFCU Debit & Credit Cards with Mobile Wallets
Ditch the heavy wallet and upgrade your checkout security layout. Discover the platform-specific, step-by-step how-to guide to securely link your ATFCU debit and credit cards to Apple Pay, Samsung Wallet, and Google Wallet, and learn how to execute seamless, tokenized tap-to-pay checkouts in any store lane. Continue reading
Mobile Check Deposit
Skip the branch trip and manage your deposits on your own schedule. Discover the step-by-step how-to guide for using ATFCU's multi-check mobile deposit feature, learn the proper physical endorsement phrase required to clear security filters, and review our updated weekday and Saturday processing cut-off windows. Continue reading
Managing Your Money Just Got Easier
Streamlining your financial tracking shouldn't require separate spreadsheets and endless logins. Discover the complete step-by-step how-to guide to register for free MX Money Management inside your ATFCU app, sync outside credit lines and brokerages onto a single page, and utilize automated spending charts to optimize your budget. Continue reading