Northern Federal News

Coloring For a Cause - Support the American Heart Association and Win Prizes!

Northern Federal Credit Union is a proud sponsor of the American Heart Association Healthy Heart Drawing Contest! This year's theme, "How Do You Keep Your Heart Happy?" encourages children to be active, healthy and happy. To promote Healthy Hearts, Northern is choosing one winner at each of our 6 branches to receive an awesome prize, then all 6 winners will be entered for one of them to win an ultra-cool Grand Prize! Plus, everyone who enters the contest, both kids and parents, will receive a special offer from Northern!

Here is how the contest works...

1. Pick up a Healthy Heart Drawing Contest form at any Northern branch or download the form.

2. Color and draw till your heart's content!

3. Bring the entry back to any Northern branch and receive a special offer for kids and adults.

Entries will be accepted until Saturday, April 28, 2012 and winners will be chosen on Monday, April 30, 2012. Please complete all fields on the form. Contest is open to children ages 5-12. Click here for a list of branch locations.

If you have any questions about the contest please contact Northern at 1-866-310-NFCU (6328) or 315-782-0155.

Quick Tips for Easy & Worry Free Tax Returns!

Want your tax refund to be automatically deposited into your Northern Federal Credit Union account? Follow these steps

and getting your return will be as easy as 1, 2, 3!

To have your tax refund electronically deposited into your Northern FCU account simply provide the following information on your tax returns.

1. Northern FCU Routing Transit Number -221380936

2. Your 10 digit Northern FCU account number. This number can be found on the account summary page in Online Banking, on your statement and checks, or on your membership card.

3. Specify savings or checking, depending on which account you wish to have your funds deposited in.

4. In order to receive funds into an account, your name must be listed on both the tax return and the account. Spouses filing jointly must both be listed as account holders.

Don't forget your 1099 tax documents from Northern FCU have been sent via postal mail. They are also accessible under the CU eStatments tab in Online Banking.

For questions regarding Online Banking and electronic deposits please contact Northern FCU at 315-782-0155 or

1-866-310-NFCU(6328). You can also use our Contact Us form!

OnTrack Budgeting Program Now Available To Members

Northern FCU has recently partnered with Balance to bring you OnTrack - a easy to use, helpful budgeting tool.

OnTrack takes the guesswork out of knowing exactly how much money is coming in and going out of your accounts every month. It can help you develop a spending plan to break the debt cycle and use your money for what's most important to you – retirement, a dream vacation, a down payment for a house.

The program provides immediate action steps and tools to make your money work for you. You can also set up a phone-based session with a financial counselor who can help you take your plan further.

All of our counseling and education services are available to you at no charge as a benefit of your employment or membership in your credit union.

Check out the OnTrack website today!