News Items of Interest

February 1, 2008 ~ Notice of the 56th Annual General Meeting

 

Saturday, March 1, 2008 ~ 10:30 AM

Days Inn Welland Hotel,

1030 Niagara St., North

Welland, ON

~ Refreshments will be served prior to the meeting.

~ Copies of the financial statements and any proposed by-law changes will be available at the meeting or for pickup at our 815 Ontario Rd. branch.

May 1, 2007 ~ 2007 Education Bursaries Announced

 

General Manager, Keith Lowe announced this week that the Credit Union would, again this year, offer education bursaries. These bursaries will be awarded to deserving members or their dependents. You as a member, or a dependent are eligible in the first year at a post secondary institution. If interested, fill in the Bursary Application form and return it to either branch office in person or by fax. Copies are available at the link above or  for pick up at any branch. Submissions must be received by end of business on July 31, 2007. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions about this programme.

November 1,  2006 ~ Direct Play and Win Sweepstakes

 

You could be one of 36 members from across Canada to share the $18,000.00 jackpot  in the Credit Union DIRECTPLAY AND WIN!TM Sweepstakes. Nine winners will be picked every week for the month of November. Pay Direct with you Member Card® Debit Card at any one of over 250,00 locations and you are automatically entered for the weekly prize every time you complete an Interac† Direct Payment transaction. Please see branch staff for official rules and regulations.

September 29, 2006 ~ No Phishing Zone

 

Beware of 'phishing', the fraudulent practice of soliciting personal and financial information over the internet. Canal City Savings will not send email to its members requesting you respond with personal information by an insecure method such as email. May we recommend that you:

1] Treat with suspicion any email with urgent requests for personal information or threatens that you may lose service if you don't respond immediately. The best practice is to delete such messages. Feel free to confirm the authenticity of any messages you believe originated from someone at Canal City Savings & Credit Union.

2] Avoid completing forms in email messages that request personal financial information. We know your account number and would not ask you to provide it.

3] Do not click links on a web page or in an email if you are not certain the message or site is authentic. Always be sure you are using a secure website (https://) when entering credit card information.

4] Check your statements regularly to verify the listed transactions are legitimate.

Your financial security is important and we want to help you protect yourself. Remember from your MemberCard Agreement, you have agreed not to share your PIN with anyone and not to use obvious combinations of digits (address, phone #, SIN, birthday etc.).

July 3, 2006 ~ Internet Banking Access

 

We recently experienced a situation whereby our website was unavailable for a period of time because of technical difficulties at Bell Canada. While this type of occurrence is very rare, we encourage our members to bookmark a link directly to our online banking site by adding it to your browser favourites. You will then have direct access to login to your account. Alternatively, you may wish to make note of the URL https://www5.memberdirect.net/direct/logon1.jsp?inst=/on/canalcity. In addition, you may find it useful to have the technical support number for MemberDirect 1-888-273-3488. 

May 1, 2006 ~ 2006 Bursaries Announced 

 

The Credit Union announced this week that they would, again this year, offer education bursaries. These bursaries will be awarded to deserving members or their dependants. You as a member, or a dependant are eligible in the first year at a post secondary institution. If interested, fill in the Bursary Application form and return it to either branch office in person or by fax. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions about this programme.

October 3, 2005 ~ Credit Union Day

 

We will be celebrating Credit Union Day on October 20th. We invite you to join us!  Stop in at one of the branches during regular business hours for prizes and give-a-ways. We have 2006 calendars and everybody's favourite -- Tim Horton's coupons.

 September 1, 2005 ~ System Upgrade - Sunday, September 25th, 2005

 

In an effort to continue to serve our members in the most efficient manner possible, we are undergoing an upgrade of our banking software over the weekend of September 24-25, 2005. Unfortunately, this will mean that the Touch Tone (telephone) Banking and MemberDirect internet banking systems will be unavailable from approximately midnight until 9:00AM on Sunday the 25th. You will however be able to continue to use your MemberCard for ATM withdrawals and Point-of-sale purchases during this transition. We are sorry if this causes an inconvenience to some of our members but trust that you will be understanding during this time. It is our desire to serve you to the best of our abilities and we believe this upgrade will benefit all members.

August 16, 2005 ~ Bursaries Announced

 

The Credit Union is pleased to once again this year offer three $500.00 education bursaries to deserving members or dependents of members. The bursaries are available to those entering their first year at a post secondary institution. Please review the Bursary Application and contact your branch staff if you have any questions.