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Take These Steps With Your Student Loans

January 21, 2022

What steps should you take with your student loans – even with the extension of federal student loan payment relief measures? The pause continues on federal student loan debt collection and reduced interest rates on federal student loans to 0% until May 2022. For those with government-held loans, the relief options provide a record-long “breather.” […]

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5 Ways to Make Money Resolutions That Stick

January 7, 2022

The New Year is a time for new beginnings. Are you ready to make money resolutions that stick? Eliminating debt, learning new spending habits, or building savings are choices that can change your life. They can affect your entire well-being from stress levels, to physical and mental health. When considered as one big New Year’s […]

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Get Your End-of-Year Financial Health Checkup

December 17, 2021

As the eagerly awaited holiday season gets underway, the end of the year is a great time to get a financial health checkup to make sure finances are on track. With regular checkups, you can fix small problems before they become big issues. This year-end keeping financially healthy is especially important due to many economic […]

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Give Yourself Some Credit: Credit Score Tips & Tricks

February 11, 2017

What is Credit? A Credit Score is a system used by creditors to evaluate your financial history and use it as a basis to decide […]

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Cash For College: The SafeAmerica College Scholarship

February 1, 2017

College can be pretty hard to afford nowadays. At SafeAmerica Credit Union, we’d like to do something about that. From now until March 31, 2017 […]

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We’ve Arrived: Now in Walnut Creek

January 18, 2017

You asked, we answered. Now in Walnut Creek. On December 8th, we opened the doors to our one-of-a-kind “Branch of the Future” in Walnut Creek, […]

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Relocation and Renovation: Why Our Move to Walnut Creek Will Change Your Banking Experience

October 24, 2016

By now, you may have heard that we are relocating our Pleasant Hill office to a new and improved location in Walnut Creek, set to […]

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ASI: SafeAmerica – An Infographic Storyline About American Share Insurance

September 6, 2016

Scene of the Crime The Great Recession.   The Evidence A layer-by-layer breakdown of how reality is more than what meets the eye.   The […]

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Quick Bay Getaways: 5 Bay Area Mini-Vacations for $200 or Less

August 18, 2016

Schools are just getting started, work is going at its usual fast pace, life is growingly hectic and you need a break. We’ve already gotten […]

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Let’s Get You A Used Car: Dealing with Dealerships and More Tips

July 20, 2016

So you want to buy a used car, and you’re not quite sure where to start. Don’t worry, millions of drivers before you have wandered […]

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Checking In On Your Checkings: How We Can Get You to the Bahamas

July 20, 2016

At this very moment, you’re losing money. With each second passing by, your next vacation to the Bahamas, that flat screen TV you’ve been eyeing, […]

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Credit Unions vs. Banks: Busting Myths about the Credit Union World

July 6, 2016

Myth One: Credit Unions Give Fewer Returns than Big Banks In reality, credit unions offer higher interest rates on a variety of deposit accounts which […]

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