Financial Partners is making saving so easy with our new Fuel Your Savings Program – get approved for a new or used auto loan (new money only) and you qualify to open a certificate of deposit at the same rate as your loan (max 9%). You choose your own monthly deposit amount based on 3-10% of your auto loan payment amount, and it is automatically deposited into the CD at the time your loan payment is paid every month. It is all automatic, so you can save without even trying!

Bridgeway FCU (New York):

As a reward, get a 0.25% interest rate reduction on your auto loan when you sign up for Drive Up Savings at the time your loan is booked* The minimum monthly contribution is only $25. We encourage you to save more if you can. A $25 monthly contribution on a 60 month term auto loan would be $1,500 of accumulated savings! The funds are locked in your special savings account for the term of your loan.

An interesting new twist I noticed: “If your special savings account is closed or you stop the program, your auto loan rate will be increased by 0.25%. The funds saved cannot be withdrawn from the account while the loan is still open.”

The whole experience provided the brainfood and spark I needed.

AAA FCU (South Bend, IN)

AAA Federal Credit Union now offers a Drive-Up Savings.  When you get a new vehicle loan with AAA FCU you can now add a Drive-Up Savings.  A Drive-Up Savings is a Certificate of Deposit that has the same rate (APY) as the rate on your loan (APR).  You can deposit up to 10% of your monthly loan payment into your Drive-Up Savings.  For more information about our Drive-Up Savings contact one of our three offices. (http://aaafcu.com/loans)

MidWest Financial CU (Ann Arbor, MI)

Drive Up Savings

Add it to your new MidWest Financial auto loan and watch your savings grow!

How It Works*

Auto Loan:	$20,000 for 60 months at 5.75% APR
Monthly Payment:	$384.40
Drive Up Savings:	You deposit additional funds, up to 20% of your monthly payment
Monthly Deposit:	$76.88
Savings Rate:	5.75% (same rate as your auto loan; that’s 5.90% APY*)

Over the life of your loan you will have saved:
12 months – $947.38
24 months – $1,950.71
36 months – $2,936.39
48 months – $4,139.06
60 months – $5,253.93

*APY= Annual Percentage Yield. All rates and figures for example only. Savings rate effective while loan is in repayment and good standing only. Subject to credit approval. To qualify for Drive Up Savings, borrower must use electronic payment for the loan payment and savings deposit. Withdrawal restrictions and early closure penalties may apply. Membership eligibility required. Please see a Representative for details. (https://www.mwfcu.org/services/savings)

Fiscal Credit Union (Glendale, CA)

DriveUp Savings

Get an Auto Loan…
Get a Term Share Certificate…

AT THE SAME RATE!

When you get a new or used car loan at Fiscal, you can open a term share certificate at the same rate.* Select your monthly contribution amount to be automatically transferred into your term share certificate account every month and start saving at a higher rate today.

For full details, call (800) 311-3328 or stop by your nearest Fiscal branch.
(www.fiscal.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=view&CID=97)

Tarrant County CU (Fort Worth, TX)

Get an Auto Loan…Get a Savings Account…AT THE SAME RATE!

Everyone wants to save more money. Very few of us find that to be an easy thing to do. That’s why we are happy to introduce you to a new way to help you save. It’s the DriveUp Savings account . . . (www.tarrantcu.org/news-and-events/2009-02-01-driveup.php)

Michelle Peterson, a member of the working groups that ignited the DriveUp Savings and Skip N Flip Savings programs reports that she has launched the ViaStart Up Certificate at Via Credit Union. The product takes elements of both programs and simplifies the product into one easy to understand product that is also easy for the credit union to efficiently maintain.

Staying in control of your finances is never easy, but the difficulty of it soars in a tough economy. One of the smartest things you can do is to have an emergency fund. Via Credit Union is here to help make building your emergency fund easier with the ViaStart Up Certificate.

• 12-month certificate
• $10 minimum to open
• Monthly deposits are required
• Funds transfer to Membership Shares upon maturity
• Dividends are compounded and paid monthly 

This product takes a central component of both the DriveUp Savings and Skip N Flip programs; being the encouragement of building yoru savings through installment-like payments. Currently, Via is promoting it as a way to establish an emergency fund, a central element of the Skip N’ Flip Savings.  

The rate as of 10/20/2009 is 1.71% APY. (1/70% Dividend Rate). A penalty of 60 days’ dividends on principal withdrawn, whether earned or not is applicable on early withdrawals.

Related: Via CU Stuffer

We love the colloboration and ideas from Filene, I3 and others such as your group!  I will get results to share with you in the future . . . our Indirect Lending program has doubled their volume in 1st quarter 2009.   . . . a lot of people are looking to refinance their autos and lower their payments and save money during these tough economic times.  So the time is right for Credit Unions to be rolling out and advertising program such as Drive Up Savings. . . people are turning to Credit Unions to meet their financial needs.  Drive Up Savings is one of the programs that helps us do that!

They’ve added a special feature that I have seen some other auto save programs allow. Members can make two withdrawals per year to pay insurance premiums. In this way, it acts as a self directed insurance premium escrow account, but earns a good rate while doing so.

Here’s more from the Hughes Website:

Here’s how it works. When you open an Auto Loan with us, just tell us you want the Drive Up Savings added. If you already have an auto loan with us, let us know that you’d like to start a Drive Up Savings account. Then we’ll work with you to determine an additional monthly contribution amount that goes into your savings account. With each payment, we’ll apply the full loan payment amount and put the contribution amount into your Drive Up Savings account. Just think of the savings you’ll have by the time your loan is paid off! Make it automatic. Sign up for Direct Deposit and Auto Transfer for your payment—it’s safe, easy and convenient.

Just $20 per month can help you buy your next car and/or save for major repairs. You could use your savings to pay insurance premiums twice a year. Or, talk to us about the many other savings and investment opportunities that are available to you as a memberowner of Hughes.

INDIANAPOLIS (12/2/08)–Indiana Credit Union League’s ignite initiative is making progress, and innovations begun at the start of the year by the ignite working group are ready to be implemented in credit unions, says the league.

Several Indiana credit unions have committed to offering the innovations, and working-group members are seeking additional credit unions to adopt them, the league said.

“To stay in touch with all that is happening with ignite, we have established a website, www.ignitecu.org,” said Doug True, league director and leadership team member, and senior vice president technovation at FORUM CU and president of FORUM Solutions.

The site serves as an information center for ignite projects and as a social networking site. The credit union community nationwide can join the network to keep up with the developments, True said.

One credit union that has adopted an ignite innovation is Lafayette-based Purdue Employees FCU, whose CEO Bob Falk, is a member of the ignite leadership team. Purdue is implementing DriveUp Savings, which allows borrowers to open a matching-rate savings account at the same time they close on their auto loan.

“This product has merit not just for our members, but for credit union members everywhere who need a little extra incentive to save money,” Falk said.

. . . In the DriveUp Savings product, members open a savings account, such as a certificate, at the same time they close their auto loan. The loan officer and member agree on a monthly contribution amount and through automated electronic transfers, the DriveUp Savings is funded at the same time the auto loan payment is made.

Is your CU ready to DriveUp Savings? Or, have you implemented it already? Contact us and let’s get the wheels rolling!