Account Protection

Linebacker Overdraft Protection

Our linebacker overdraft protection is a line of credit that helps stop those occasional charges that cause your checking account to overdraw. Cover your checks from insufficient funds and protect yourself from check writing errors. Loan advances are made in $100 increments and credit limits are available up to $1,000.

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Share Insurance

Protecting your funds is our top priority, that's why all UCU deposit accounts are insured up to $500,000 ($250,000 insurance through NCUA and $250,000 insurance through Excess Share Insurance).

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*Individual share accounts held by the same member are added together and are insured up to $500,000. Funds in joint accounts are insured separately from individual accounts up to $500,000. The funds that a particular joint owner has in all joint accounts held at UCU will be added together and insured up to $1,000,000. Traditional IRA, Roth IRA and Keogh accounts are insured separately to $500,000 from other accounts that the member maintains at UCU.NCUA's increase to $250,000 will be effective through December 31, 2009.

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 dividends. 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.