SEATTLE METROPOLITAN CREDIT UNION

Members have the same variety of selection on the deposit side of the product line with offerings ranging from basic checking and savings accounts to iras, certificates, money markets and high-yield accounts. Smcu also offers business accounts and investment services that are designed to maintain the member's best interest. As an advocate for its membership, smcu places a high priority on educational resources. As a result, smcu has invested in online applications to help members make decisions related to planning, borrowing, budgeting and protecting their credit. Life vision and mortgage advisor are two tools offered on personal finances and respectives from home and family finance on car buying, credit protection and budgeting. For those members who prefer to speak to someone in person, smcu provides free credit counseling through "balance," a financial fitness program that focuses on money management in addition to identity theft prevention and assistance.