[FSF] New FSF membership benefit: Digital Credit Union eligibility

[Jack]

Anyone relying on interest rates from bank accounts for any kind of investment is just plain nuts today! Sink your money into something that actually earns a real interest rate, like shares in Mr. Buffett's company. If you're not making 6-8% on savings in a bank you're being a sucker (and if you are I want the name of your bank!). I guarantee the banks are making way better than their paying. Of course this all presumes you actually have money worth investing.

Sorry, to jump in with my opinion.

Please carry on,
Brian Jack



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From: "jldugger at gmail.com" <jldugger at gmail.com>
To: Billy Crook <billycrook at gmail.com>
Cc: KCLUG <kclug at kclug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 6:18 PM
Subject: Re: [FSF] New FSF membership benefit: Digital Credit Union eligibility

Err, meant to send this on list. Stupid reply-to.

That's all nice, but does it work with GNUCash? Also kind of a
terrible interest rate. I earn more in checking than they pay in
savings...

Justin

On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 5:33 PM, Billy Crook <billycrook at gmail.com> wrote:
> This was the bank I ended up choosing after trying several online
> banking sites out.  DCU's interface is down to business, quite
> functional, without looking all web 2.0.  The bill amounts for my
> utilities show up in DCU's website, and DCU automatically sends a
> check to pay if the bill amount is under a threshold I set.
> Depositing checks with their android app, like I demonstrated at a
> meeting, is certainly nice as well.
>
> Their log on process works flawlessly with lastpass too.
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Joshua Gay <jgay at fsf.org>
> Date: Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 16:14
> Subject: [FSF] New FSF membership benefit: Digital Credit Union eligibility
> To: info-member at fsf.org
>
>
> Free Software Foundation members living in the US are now eligible to
> join the Digital Federal Credit Union for their banking, thanks to DCU
> approving us as a participating organization. DCU is, like the FSF, a
> nonprofit headquartered in Massachusetts, with members in all 50
> states.
>
>  * Sign-up with DCU: <http://www.dcu.org/>
>  * Share this story: <http://ur1.ca/57wgw>
>
> We are working to be able to offer this same opportunity to the many
> members living in other countries as well, but so far we have not been
> able to find appropriate partner organizations. If you know of a
> credit union in your country that would be willing to work with us
> please let us know at <membership at fsf.org>!
>
> Credit unions are cooperative and often nonprofit financial
> institutions which provide the same services as banks, but because
> they are member-owned, there can be dramatic differences from banks in
> the cost of borrowing money and use of their services. DCU is both
> nonprofit and democratically controlled, which means you and other
> members elect a volunteer board of directors to run things. The
> management then reports to this board.
>
> If you'd like to take advantage of this benefit, head to
> <https://www.dcu.org/> and complete their application.
>
>
> *Thank you to Danny Piccirillo, who did the work to make this possible
> while interning at the FSF last year.*
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