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March 8, 2024
The banking and budgeting tools you’ve been missing
Want an easy way to plan and track your spending? The Global CU app automatically creates a budget based on your past spending habits that you can customize to your heart’s content. And that’s not all:
- Connect accounts with other financial institutions for a full overview of your finances.
- Add push notifications for due dates, transaction amounts, and other important financial events.
- Transfer funds, pay bills, set up automatic savings, and more.
Download the Global CU app from the App Store or Google Play today!
Renovate without refinancing
Home improvements can be a great way to enhance the value of your home. Our Second Mortgage Home Improvement Loan is a fantastic option for remodeling your home—providing up to $500,000 for improvements!
- Licensed, bonded contractors are only required on loans above $50,000.
- Loan amount is based on the “after-improved” value, increasing the amount of renovation funds available.
- Up to 12 months to complete the renovations.
- Draw up to 10% of the loan amount at closing.
Think twice before providing personal information
Fraudsters will impersonate financial institutions, government agencies, trusted merchants—anyone they think will get you to let your guard down. It pays to have a healthy dose of skepticism before you reply to any phone calls, emails, or text messages. Remember:
- There is no reasonable reason why someone else would need your username and password—not just to your online banking info, but to ANYTHING.
- No legitimate caller will ask you to do something urgently or right away—they simply don’t want you to take the time to think it through.
- There is never an innocent reason why someone would send you money and ask you to send money somewhere else or back to them.
- Only someone with ill intentions would ask you to buy a gift card and ask you to send them the information on the back.
- If someone is telling you to mislead your bank, there should be no doubt in your mind it’s fraud.
So how do you handle these situations if they arise? When you receive a call from any organization, we recommend getting the caller’s name and department and then hanging up. Look up the phone number yourself and call back if it’s the real deal.
You should also check your accounts regularly. If you find an unauthorized transaction, report it to your financial institution right away.
Be cautious using person-to-person payment methods (Zelle, Venmo, Cash App). You should only use these to send money to people you know and trust. If you’ve only met someone online—think long and hard before sending them any money.
For more information about avoiding and reporting fraud, visit our security page.
Around the community
We love to get out and get involved—here are a few events we’ve participated in recently.
Special Olympics Alaska
Team Global took an icy plunge to raise money for Special Olympics Alaska!
Operation Homefront’s Holiday meals
Global employees came out to help with Operation Homefront’s Holiday meals for Military. 300 military families at JBER received food gift cards, family-friendly games, and other treats.
Spring Club and Community Fair
Team Global attended the 2024 Spring Club and Community Fair at Grand Canyon University.