On January 26, President David Murphy joined more than 130 colleagues from across Wisconsin at the State Government Affairs Conference in Madison. There, he visited Wisconsin legislators to advocate for support for the 3.5 million Wisconsinites who belong to credit unions. “Working closely with our legislators helps provide perspective on how proposals and current legislation...Read More
Student Loans Available Through MMCCU Partnership MMCCU works with ISL Education Lending to offer private loans to help you pay for college as well as refinance existing student loans. ISL Education Lending is a nonprofit organization with decades of student loan experience offering lower-priced loans.* “We wanted to provide our members with student loans resources...Read More
If you’d like assistance with understanding, planning and properly filing this tax season, MMCCU has again partnered with Neufeld Capital Management’s Focused Tax Solutions to provide professional assistance. Neufeld will start making tax appointments Tuesday, Feb 1st and offer special pricing to all MMCCU members. Neufeld Capital Management is a local option that specializes in...Read More
Have a question about your available funds balance after buying fuel at Kwik Trip in Marshfield? It’s a common inquiry we’ve been hearing lately at MMCCU. Starting this month, Kwik Trip has changed how customers pay for fuel. When purchasing fuel at Kwik Trip, customers must have either pre-pay or pay at the pump. You...Read More
Student Loan Deferral Extended The Biden administration has again extended the payment pause for student loan borrowers, allowing borrowers an additional three months before they have to resume payments. Originally implemented in March 2020, the loan pause was scheduled to originally expire January 31. Now, the relief is extended until May 1. According to CNBC,...Read More
Marshfield Medical Center Credit Union President David Murphy was recently elected to serve on CUNA Mutual’s Select Credit Union Council for small credit unions. The Select CU Council is a forward-thinking, member-based advisory team of credit union leaders who support senior leaders from more than 4,000 small and midsize credit unions across the country, providing...Read More
Managing your credit today helps build better credit for tomorrow. Your first credit card is a rite of passage. It may be the first time in your life that you are being entrusted with a credit line, which means you are able to spend money you probably haven’t earned yet. Using the card responsibly shows...Read More
Caution Against Money in Venmo or PayPal (or Other P2p Services) If you are one of the 50 million+ people that uses popular peer-to-peer (P2P) payment services such as Venmo or PayPal, you might want to examine how much money you have in those services. Though they make it easy to pay a friend or...Read More
Did you know? If you are a MMCCU member, you can access your credit report through annualcreditreport.com once per week through each of the three reporting organizations. Accessing your credit is important, which is why Equifax, Experian and TransUnion are continuing to offer free weekly online credit reports during the pandemic. Credit reports may affect...Read More
If you are someone that travels south during the cold winter months, MMCCU offers several services that you might find beneficial. Shared Branching Co-op Shared Branching, a network unique to credit unions in which members of a participating credit union can transact “simple” transactions at other credit union locations, is available at nearly 6,000 locations....Read More
