Posts Categorized: Debit Credit

For Added Card Security, CARDVALET is Now Available.

The EEFCU is excited to offer our members a new safety feature for your EEFCU VISA EVM Debit Card.  CARDVALET is a FREE app that can be loaded onto your mobile device. It allows you to turn your card on or off instantly, get purchase alerts, and control transactions.  These features can help protect you… Read Full Article »

Debit Cards…The Smart, Debt Free Choice

Whether your ordering take-out, using a food delivery service , shopping on-line, heading out on the town, or paying bills, debit cards are a smart, debt free choice. A EEFCU VISA EMV Debit Card is an easy, hassle free way to pay.  It is accepted anywhere VISA is accepted but, unlike credit cards, the money… Read Full Article »

EEFCU VISA Text Fraud Alerts Help Combat Card Fraud

It seems that reports of cyber crimes including card breaches and database hacks are becoming a daily occurrence. While cyber crimes are a growing world wide problem, fraud security and monitoring are constantly being updated to battle the problem. Even with the best safeguards in place, remember that you are your own best defense against… Read Full Article »

Reminder, Foreign Countries are Blocked.

Reminder, Foreign Countries are Blocked.  This holiday season, the EEFCU expects to see an increase in our members using their Visa EMV for online purchases.  When using your card online,  remember, some websites have their processing sites outside the  United States.  So, while you may think you are ordering from a site based with in the… Read Full Article »

We can do more than just cash your check!

  Did you become a Emerald Empire FCU member as a convenient way to cash your paychecks?  Or to have your paychecks directly deposited?  Maybe you opened your account strictly for a savings account, or your parents opened it for you when you were young?  Whatever the reason, we are glad you did!  But, did you… Read Full Article »

Free… or Really Free?

They say the best things in life are free. Unfortunately, many of so-called “free” products and services that banks offer come with lots of strings attached. Read the fine print in many bank contracts and you’re likely to discover minimum balance requirements, costly fees, and other hidden restrictions. At one major bank, for example, a… Read Full Article »

Fraud Continues to Increases Nationwide

Unfortunately this increase is being felt here at the EEFCU. We are constantly working with our Visa Check Card processor to update our security measures as the newest fraud protection means become available. The EMV Chip Card is helping to prevent many fraud attempts, however, many merchant machines have not made the switch from the… Read Full Article »