“REAL-TIME” ATM DEBIT CARD PROGRAM
Since our ATM-DEBIT card program went “REAL-TIME” on February 1, 2006, some of our members have noticed there have been additional charges appearing on their accounts. “REAL TIME” means that now there are no longer delays between actual transactions and the posting of them to the accounts. Our policy allows eight (8) free pinned - transactions per month and, after that, fees are assessed. We were caught off guard because we did not realize that so many of our members were using their pin numbers when mak-ing purchases, as well as cash withdrawals. We were also unaware that local business terminals are using ATM emulation software (act-ing as ATM’s not point of sale terminals). This has resulted in the $0.50 fee accompanying the point of sale transactions. To avoid this particular fee of $0.50, enter credit, not debit, when making point of sale purchases and do not enter your pin number. The $1.00 fee still applies to cash withdrawals from the ATM machine after the 8th transaction. Centurion never pays for surcharges (IE an ATM FEE usually $2 or $3 for use of an ATM located at a Casino or Shopping Mall). If an ATM has a surcharge you are told about it before the transaction and it is printed on your receipt.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us.
Thank you, Management
NCUA INSURANCE FUND Effective April 1, 2006 insurance limit on IRA’s will be increasing from $100,000 per account to $250,000 as passed by the congress and signed into law this past February. This means that NCUA will insure your IRA held at Centurion Federal Credit Union up to $250,000. I know a few members that this will make happy. If you should have any question about insurance coverage, Kris (our Credit Union President) would be more than happy to talk with you. All other share accounts are scheduled to have their coverage increased beginning 2010 but only to the extent of an adjustment to inflation and what the Insurance fund can bear to cover.