Mutual Savings Credit Union is now your source for last minute gift ideas! MSCU members can now purchase VISA gift cards as birthday or wedding gifts or even a last minute Father’s Day gift for this upcoming weekend!

The gift cards can be conveniently purchased in the branch and best of all, the cards are activated at the time of purchase! Your gift amount can range from $25 up to $500. For full details about our new VISA gift cards, please visit your nearest MSCU branch.

Mutual Savings Credit Union members can now keep up with the latest happenings at MSCU through Twitter. You can follow MSCU at http://twitter.com/mutualsavings and receive updates about what’s going on at MSCU, special announcements and other important news.

Look for posts each day featuring updates from your MSCU branch, links to other neat sites and interesting facts that you may have never known! MSCU is your credit union and our Twitter account makes it easier for you to know the most current information!

June 1st marks the start date for Mutual Savings Credit Union’s bill pay sweepstakes. Win the grand prize and you could find out where $10,000 can take you this summer!

This contest is being held in conjunction with MSCU’s bill pay provider. MSCU members must be enrolled in online banking and utilize bill pay in order to compete. Members can pay 3 bills using MSCU’s free bill pay service in June and July 2009 and receive an entry into the sweepstakes for every bill paid! Several prizes will be awarded including a $10,000 cash grand prize, a $1,500 travel voucher, two Garmin ® nüvi ® 765T GPS units and one lucky MSCU member will receive a guaranteed $100 cash prize!

Remember, with MSCU’s bill pay you can:

* Pay anyone.
* Schedule one-time and recurring payments, up to one year in advance.
* Control when and how much you pay.
* Be assured that your payments will arrive on time. We guarantee it!

Each bill you pay with MSCU’s bill pay increases your chance of winning. So, log into home banking today by clicking here and enjoy a better way to pay your bills!

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Sweepstakes ends 7/31/09. Open to legal US residents residing in any of the 50 United States or DC, who are 18 years of age or older and have a unique, personal and valid social security number at the time of entry. Subject to full official rules available at http://sweeps.pscufs.com/rules. Void in Puerto Rico, US territories and possessions, outside of the US and where restricted or prohibited by law. Online entries require a minimum of 3 online bill payments at MSCU’s website between June 1-July 31, 2009. Maximum number of entries per person is 30.

Mutual Saving Credit Union has partnered with BALANCE to offer our members access to financial planning advice, tips and counseling. You can click here to read that article.

These days, managing your money is more important than ever. Knowing how to properly handle expenses will make tight times less stressful and make your dollars work harder. BALANACE has dedicated time and research to making money management easier and provided several pointers on their website. Please feel free to visit their article on money management by clicking here. The article may serve as a helpful reminder or you could benefit from learning something new. Either way, MSCU wants to put our members in position to receive the information you need in order to thrive in today’s financial world.