Comments on: Oregon Community Credit Union 6.01% Checking Account

By: BINGO

BINGO — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:59:45 +0000

The professor is certainly a wise one! Of course it no longer applies, as the fed rate has been adjusted downward numerous times since may of ‘07. HELLO???

By: prof adler

prof adler — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 01:44:14 +0000

this is old and no longer applies

By: Ace

Ace — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 01:19:48 +0000

People are upset about them dropping their rate, but they have always said it is subject to change w/o notice, the fed lowered rates, and they are still 1% above most online savings account. I don’t see what there is to complain about. I have my car loan through OCCU and finally signed up for remarkable checking b/c I thought my ING savings rate (4.2) was getting too low.

By: MT

MT — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:45:19 +0000

Too bad that less than 6 months after launching this ‘remarkable’ product, they dropped their rate by .6%…sounds like a teaser to me.

By: Jill Arnold

Jill Arnold — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 22:08:38 +0000

I signed up at Oregon Community Credit Union about 2 months ago because of the great 6.2 percent interest in their checking account. They have already lowered it to 5.4%!! So much for a great marketing trend. If they advertise it, they should stick by it!!

By: Deal grabber!

Deal grabber! — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 21:42:47 +0000

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By: Jean

Jean — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 22:09:13 +0000

I am a 2 decade OCCU member and they are the best around. I have just switched to this account because I see no downside. Buying groceries will take me to 10 debits a month easily. My health insurance is automatically withdrawn already so that takes care of that requirement. OCCU is saving so much on paper and postage with this that they figure they can afford the good interest. ATM fees are refunded at the end of the month when the reckoning is made and all the requirements met for that month. Easy. I do my balancing online and can see what’s up in each account right this minute — the requirement there is to check once every 6 months I think.

By: Thinh

Thinh — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 03:19:50 +0000

Just signing up for it today. Let’s see what its got.

By: Oregon Community Is the Best

Oregon Community Is the Best — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:52:13 +0000

I use OCCU and love their Remarkable Checking. I received my email telling me that I had over 80 debits last month. I find it funny that people are having a hard time doing 10. Help me get down to that and I would be rich. This account really is amazing. You can use your debit card almost any where that you would write a check including most of your bills. Call them give them your debit card number and before you know it you will be on your way to your 10 debits and 6% interest. I am very pleased with this account

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:33:03 +0000

How can you become a member without living or having family members in Oregon?

By: James

James — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:12:28 +0000

One killer feature is the no ATM withdrawal features. They claim that this is a worldwide option, although like credit cards with their “no commission” fees you should look at their exchange rates – I bet they aren’t competitive. However the option to take small sums out at foreign cash machines is very attractive to those who travel to many countries on business – or if like me you are partial to short city breaks! Taking enough money out before going abroad can be a bit of a pain, and the uncompetitive rates are not such a pain if you’re not going for two weeks.

By: cc

cc — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:13:30 +0000

The CU earns money on the interchange from the debit purchases their members make and they save money on discouraging the use of checks by requiring 1 direct deposit/ACH withdrawl. There is no minimum transaction amount, you could buy 10 rolls of life savers in 10 transactions and have your required 10 for the month! Using your debit card as debit or credit counts, but ATM withdrawls do not. They also save a TON of money by requireing members to have paperless statements, on average it costs about $2.50 per member, per month, to send a paper statement! Honestly, there is no catch, and at 6.01%, how can you go wrong?!

By: new guy

new guy — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:31:45 +0000

You must be living in Oregon or have a close family member to be eligible for this offer. Does not apply to majority people.

By: YoYo

YoYo — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:04:06 +0000

I was reading their faq page and it is said that 10 credit transaction does count toward the 10 transaction per month requirement.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:03:44 +0000

To answer your question jj, they are betting that you will not be able to do 10 debit transaction a month and get .10% APY instead of 6.01% APY for that month.

By: jj

jj — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 14:15:32 +0000

What does 10 atm transactions do for the ccu ?How do they benefit ? I don’t get it.

By: Cho

Cho — Thu, 17 May 2007 04:30:15 +0000

Since Oregon CCU allows debit transactions to be used to count toward the required 10, its not so bad. I usually use my debitcard when im at 711 or the supermarket so I can get cashback. I just buy a 0.50 gum and charge it to debit, and get $10 cashback.

Saves me a lot of trips to the ATM!

By: June

June — Thu, 17 May 2007 03:29:58 +0000

This seems like a very good deal, but I wish it were a savings account instead of checking. The mandatory ‘ten withdrawals a month’ kind of ruins the good APR because I know I’d be spending more than I’d be saving. Better just to stick with BofA.

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