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

[jldugger at gmail.com]

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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