Set Up Email or Text Alerts for Your ATFCU Accounts
Staying right on top of your daily transaction history shouldn’t require you to constantly log in and manually check your ledger. By customizing real-time email or text alerts inside your digital banking layout, you can let your accounts do the talking for you.
Whether you want an instant text message the second your paycheck hits your checking share, an email reminder before a loan payment is due, or an immediate alert for a large withdrawal to protect against identity theft, setting them up takes less than two minutes.
The mobile banking app alerts are perfect for most everyday tracking needs, while our desktop online banking platform offers an expanded, extensive menu of deep security controls. Choose your preferred device track below and let’s get you set up step-by-step.
Track A: How to Set Up Push Notifications on the Mobile App
- Step 1: Log into the ATFCU Mobile App on your smartphone or tablet. Tap on the ‘More’ setting icon located on the lower right corner of your screen. On the resulting menu page, tap the ‘Settings’ icon (the small gear) located at the very top.
- Step 2: Tap the ‘Push Notifications’ heading. The new screen layout will display all of your active accounts and give you toggle switches to set up instant smartphone notifications across five core categories: Low Balance, High Balance, Balance Update, Large Withdrawal, or Large Deposit.
- Step 3: Flip the toggle switch to turn on your desired alert. The screen will instantly display default amounts or text highlighted in blue. These blue fields are entirely editable. Tap directly on the blue text to type in your own custom threshold figures (e.g., setting a “Large Withdrawal” alert to trigger at $100), and tap save.
💡 How to Remove Mobile Alerts: If you ever want to silence a specific notification, simply repeat the steps above and tap the corresponding toggle switch to turn it back off.
Track B: How to Set Up Desktop Banking Alerts
If you want absolute granular control over your account monitoring—including check clearances and loan timelines—log into your laptop or desktop browser and use this sequence:
- Step 1: Log into your secure desktop portal at abileneteachersfcu.org. Look at the very top right-hand corner of your main dashboard screen and click on the ‘My Settings’ hyperlink.
- Step 2: Scroll completely down to the bottom of your settings options page and click on the ‘Alerts & Notifications’ link. Click on the green text that says ‘Add an alert +’ to open the master menu.
- Step 3: Click directly on the specific alert type you wish to deploy. Your expanded desktop layout choices include:
- Balance Monitoring: Balance Update, Low Balance, or High Balance.
- Transaction Controls: Large Withdrawal, Large Deposit, or Check Cleared.
- Timeline Reminders: Loan Payment Due, Loan Payment Overdue, or Savings Certificate Maturity Dates.
- Customization: Personal Message reminders.
- Step 4: Once selected, the alert will populate showing both the email and text boxes checked by default. Simply uncheck whichever destination you don’t want. Next, click on the editable blue text (which defaults to “Once a week on Friday”) to customize the frequency and specific day of the week you want the data transmitted. Save your settings to finish!
💡 How to Remove Desktop Alerts: To permanently take down an active online banking alert, simply return to this dashboard layout and uncheck the corresponding delivery boxes you previously activated.
Layer Your Digital Armor
Activating immediate alerts is the perfect companion strategy to support an organized, intentional cash flow routine. It keeps you informed without the mental friction of constant guessing.
Even better, keeping transaction alerts live is one of your primary defenses against fraud. If an identity thief ever tries to manipulate your account, your phone will notify you the exact second it occurs. See how to perfectly back up these alerts with our core mobile card-freezing tools by advancing straight to our next manual: “You’re the Boss” with Card Management.
