The National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund (NCUSIF), managed by The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) insures your funds on deposit at the Credit Union in the event of liquidation. All Federal Credit Unions are insured through this insurance fund, which is backed, by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. This insurance cannot be terminated. You will see the official NCUA sign throughout the Credit Union at both of our branches.
Share accounts in federally insured credit unions are insured up to the Standard Maximum Share Insurance Amount (SMSIA), $250,000 as of October 3, 2008. The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 increased the insurance coverage on all accounts up to $250,000 until December 31, 2009. The Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009, signed into law May 20, 2009, includes a provision extending $250,000 share insurance coverage provided by the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund through December 31, 2013. Qualifying established accounts in a federally insured Credit Union are insured up to the Standard Maximum Share Insurance Amount, which is $250,000. You may be able to get an additional $250,000 of coverage for certain retirement accounts, such as IRA's and Keoghs. Generally, if a Credit Union member has more than one account in the same Credit Union, those accounts are added together and insured in the aggregate. There are exceptions though. You may obtain additional separate coverage on multiple accounts if you have different ownership interest or rights in different types of accounts. To find out more about NCUSIF and how it applies to your accounts at the Credit Union consult Your Insured Funds and the NCUA Share Insurance Estimator provided by NCUA. Your Insured Funds can also be obtained in hard copy at the Credit Union.
NOTICE OF CHANGES IN TEMPORARY NCUA INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR TRANSACTION ACCOUNTS
All funds in a "noninterest-bearing transaction account" are insured in full by the National Credit Union Administration through December 31, 2012. This temporary unlimited coverage is in addition to, and separate from, the coverage of at least $250,000 available to members under the NCUA's general share insurance rules.
The term "noninterest-bearing transaction account" includes a traditional share draft account (or demand deposit account) on which the insured credit union pays no interest or dividend. It does not include any transaction account that may earn interest or dividends, a negotiable order of withdrawal ("NOW") account, money-market deposit account, and Interest on Lawyers Trust Account ("IOLTA"), even if share drafts may be drawn on the account.
For more information about temporary NCUA insurance coverage of transaction accounts, visit www.ncua.gov.
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