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5-6 Sunnyside Rd

Coatbridge ML5 3DG

01236 604500

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Credit Union, Whats it all about?

Saving together as a community

A credit union helps its members by providing savings and loan facilities that are convenient and affordable to their home and workplace. The collective savings of the group provide the means for granting loans to members in need. When you deposit money into the shares of our credit union you are helping to fund someone else in your community's loan, likewise, when you recieve a loan from our credit union you are recieving money from the other members.

Members who save with us benefit themselves and the community. Credit unions are non-profit, this means after paying expenses and providing for reserves, the remainder is paid into the accounts of those members who save their money in their credit union membership account. All surpluses are returned to the members in the form of Dividends.

Borrowing against shares 

We will always encourage our members to take out loans where possible. Full member participation is essential to a healthy and well functioning credit union. To save and not borrow, to borrow and not save is misunderstanding the mission and purpose of a credit union. We all save regularly so that the pool provides enough for each individual in their time of need; credit unions are mutual and co-operative enterpises.

Low interest rates 

The purpose of a credit union is not to make a profit. As a credit union, we never have to vary our interest rates, no matter the rate of inflation our credit union has one rate; 1% per month on your outstanding loan balances.

This is a true interest rate of 12%-13%, depending on when the first payment was due. Compare this with other lenders whose true interest rates could be much more than this.

Using an example of £100.00 borrowed over our shortest loan term (6 months) the most you would pay back would be £103.35 with no hidden charges.