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3 Reasons to Consider Refinancing Your Mortgage
Perhaps you have a home you re considering refinancing. Great! First, what is refinancing? Refinancing, as it applies to a mortgage, is the paying off a current loan to replace it with a new one. But when is the best time to do so? Here s a list of three reasons you may want to consider refinancing. Better Interest Rate The most beneficial reason to refinance your home is to get a lower interest rate. This helps you in two ways. First, if you re paying a lower interest rate on the same size l ...
Why Your Kids Need a Roth IRA
Why Your Kids Need a Roth IRA By John Petit CUInsight Don t you wish you started saving for retirement when you were 12? While retirement probably wasn t something we were thinking about back then (I was probably still thinking about this), it sure could have made a huge difference in our savings journey. You may think it s crazy for a kid to open a Roth IRA, but here are some reasons why it s a great idea Age doesn t matter: There are no age rules when it comes to Roth IRAs. The only stipu ...
Introducing Celia Alvarado
Introducing Celia Alvarado, Small Business Lending Officer Recently, HCU has brought on board a new member to our commercial lending team, Celia Alvarado, HCU s Small Business Lending Officer. Celia comes to us with over 10 years of local banking experience and specializes in developing new business relationships in the Greater Springfield area. It s exciting to be part of a local credit union, which allows its employees to take the time to get to know their members. Joining the lend ...
Help Us Help Holyoke Students
Holyoke Credit Union needs your help! We are once again collecting new one subject notebooks for the Holyoke Safe Neighborhood Initiative (HSNI), which provides school supplies for nearly 2000 needy students. Throughout the months of June, July and August we will be, HCU hope to collect up to 2,000 notebooks to help the HSNI reach its goal. Stuffed backpacks will be distributed to children at a special event in August. If you would like to contribute, please bring your notebooks to the Hol ...
iBanking Upgrade Scheduled for July 15, 2019
Please be advised that On Monday, July 15, 2019 from 12:00 am until 5:00 am, HCU's online banking will be unavailable due to a system upgrade. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.
Closed for Repaving in August
Smoothing the Way! Now that the good weather is upon us we are taking the steps necessary to improve the parking lot and to provide a smoother and safer entrance to HCU. Therefore, on Saturday, August 10, 2019, HCU s main office will be closed for repaving for four days, opening again on Wednesday, August 14, 2019. Although the main branch will be closed, our other 2 branches will be open for business and staffed appropriately to handle your banking needs. These branches are located at: 333 ...
Congratulations to the Pioneer Valley Chapter Scholarship Winners
The Pioneer Valley Chapter of the Cooperative Credit Union Association (CCUA) held its scholarship awards night on May 10, 2019 at the Castle of the Knights in Chicopee. Two Holyoke Credit Union members were winners of this year s awards. Rachael Shannon from Holyoke was one of the winners of a $2,000 Pioneer Valley Chapter scholarship and Madison Dover from West Springfield was the winner of the $1,500 Cooperative Credit Union Association Scholarship. Rachael Shannon, daughter of Tim Tammy S ...
Congratulations to the HCU Scholarship Winners
Holyoke Credit Union (HCU) awarded three (3) scholarships at a recent ceremony for its 2019 Scholarship Program. Dennis Moran, Thomas Paquin and Michael Ghazil, members of the HCU Board of Directors and the Scholarship Committee, presented awards to Joshua O Brien of West Springfield, Andrew Cebula of Southampton and Brendan Morrissey of Westfield. Each recipient received $500 to put toward his college expenses. Joshua, son of Lisa and Daniel O Brien of West Springfield, is a senior at West S ...
HCU Bowls for Kids' Sake
On Friday, May 10, 2019, employees and friends of Holyoke Credit Union once again gathered together at the Shaker Bowl in East Longmeadow to Bowl for Kids Sake for the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampden County. HCU was able to raise over $650 for Big Brothers Big Sisters and a great time was had by all! HCU is very happy to be able to help BBBS to fulfill its mission to help children in under-resourced families thrive by providing life-changing, one-to-one relationships with caring adult ...
Holyoke Credit Union Newsletter
Get the latest HCU news, product information, financial tips and interesting articles when you read the Holyoke Credit Union Newsletter. Every month HCU creates the newsletter just for our members. There are many articles in the newsletter that are sure to keep you interested and up to date with all that HCU has to offer and to help you manage your finances. Don't miss it! You can access the newsletter by clicking here or have it delivered directly to your mobile device. Just make sure that H ...