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AmeriChoice Makes Holidays Brighter for 42 Kids with “Shop With A Cop” Support
Mechanicsburg, PA (December 21, 2023) – This holiday season AmeriChoice Federal Credit Union rallied its employees and partnered with several area police departments to support Shop with a Cop. For ...
Financial Literacy Quarterly Newsletter
AmeriChoice Introduces Benefits Plus
Each year, cases of Identity Theft increase and fraudsters find new ways to gain access to private information for their own benefit. At AmeriChoice, ...
New Visa Purchase Alerts!
A new service that will track your spending has become more and more useful for VISA card users. When you sign up for our new VISA Purchase Alerts, it...
Home Equity Loan Breakdown
Could you be in the market for a new home equity loan? A home equity loan is a loan for a fixed amount of money that is secured by your home. You repa...
13 Financial Terms You Should Know
When FINRA Investor Education Foundation distributed a 5-question survey to test financial knowledge to over 25,000 adults, only 39% were able to answ...
The Importance of Banking Locally
With over ten banks and credit unions operating just in Mechanicsburg, PA, and dozens in the greater Central PA area, it can be difficult to narrow do...
Top 5 Ways To Prevent Insufficient Funds on your Debit Card
We’ve all been there. Ready to buy a huge pile of groceries which have already been bagged, when the cashier quietly informs you that your debit card ...
Travel Checklist: 10 Essential Tips to Prep before Traveling Abroad
After all the time spent booking hotels, rental cars, and vacation activities, it can be easy to forget what financial items need to be taken care of ...
Travel Tips: How to Exchange Money Before Traveling
Whether you’re traveling out of the country for business or for vacation, you will have to decide how or if you would like to exchange your dollar for...
How to Properly Write a Check
The rise in electronic payments and mobile banking technology has quickly overshadowed traditional check-writing. In 2013, the Federal Reserve found t...
Know BEFORE you Pokémon Go
The latest Pokemon Go craze has gotten millions of people captivated in trying to “catch ‘em all” – this smart phone app uses the camera to place Poké...
Let New Adventures Begin
Summer is right around the corner, which means sunny days, road trips, and new adventures. No need to daydream about how you’d look in that brand new ...
AmeriChoice Student Loans
The time has come for your child to spread their wings and head off to college. What is typically an exciting time for a young person can begin with c...
Visionary Award Nominee
Each year, the West Shore Chamber of Commerce honors two local extraordinary female professionals for both the Visionary Award and the Shining Star Aw...
Employee Spotlight: Mora O’Malley
Mora O’Malley is an Ohio native, who began her financial career in 2010 at a bank in her hometown. She switched to a Credit Union in 2014 and has been...
Did You Fall Off Track with Your Financial Goals?
The end of June is upon us, summer is officially here and you may be thinking of that New Year’s resolution you made to get a grip on your personal fi...
Benefits to Having Multiple Credit Cards
In the modern world we live in, it’s nearly impossible to walk around without at least one credit card handy. So the million dollar question now is: s...
Are Your Financially Ready to Move Out?
According to a recent study posted in The Wall Street Journal by PEW Research Center, “the percentage of 18- to 34-year-olds living with their parents...
Youth Savings and Financial Tips
Soon you’ll be planting that financial seed in your young one’s mind to watch them grow into a responsible young adult who makes great money choices. ...
How CU Services Can Help Avoid Fraud Tactics
The 2016 Identity Fraud Study from Javelin Strategy & Research found that many consumers who do not trust their financial institutions are engagin...
Common Fraud Tactics and How to Avoid Them
At AmeriChoice we pride ourselves in providing the best products and services for our members. We also want to keep our members educated on the most p...
Successful Home Buying Tips
Purchasing a home is a big decision, but with the experts at AmeriChoice on your side, we’ll ensure the decision is a sound one. So, before you go sho...
Making Auto Buying Easy
Buying a new or “new to you” vehicle can be a very overwhelming task. If you do not know the type of vehicle you would like there is a lot of research...
New Referral Program
Beginning in February 2016, AmeriChoice is introducing a new way to “share the wealth” with our members! Our new referral rewards program makes it sim...
Youth Ambassador
Every year young people from local credit unions throughout Pennsylvania compete in regional chapters’ Youth Ambassador Contests. Every participant sp...
Caution: Holiday Fraud Tactics
The holiday season is the biggest shopping time of the year. This is also considered a “money-making” season for fraudsters to not only go after your ...
Free Apps to Help Breeze Through the Holidays
Many of our members are looking for additional ways to save and make their holiday shopping easier and more efficient! Aside from the standard holiday...
HSA: Why Should I Have One?
Healthcare in today’s world can be very confusing and even scary. If you are one of the many folks who does not have “conventional” health insurance o...
Financial Tips for Prospective Parents
Preparing for that next chapter in your life? Long before the bump makes your news obvious, you and your significant other will be creating a “master ...