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3Rivers Awarded for Workplace Excellence

3Rivers is excited to announce that we have won our fourth Peter Barron Stark Companies Award for Workplace Excellence! This award recognizes top-tier organizations committed to a culture of workplace excellence and is limited to those that achieve an overall favorable response exceeding 80% on their Employee Opinion Surveys.

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Community Engagement & Impact

Why You Should Consider Your Local Credit Union Instead of a Big Bank

When deciding where to bank, most people’s minds turn first to, well, banks. National banks have major name recognition. It’s hard to turn a corner without seeing one of their logos. But you should know: Credit unions are a competitive, and often better, alternative to big banks.

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Checking & Savings

A Year of Giving: The 3Rivers Credit Union Foundation

November is a month for reflection and giving thanks. As we look back in 2015, our 80th Anniversary year, 3Rivers is thankful to be able to give back to the community and celebrate the first year of the 3Rivers Credit Union Foundation.

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Community Engagement & Impact

How Do I Use My New EMV Debit Card?

3Rivers members have received, or will soon be receiving, new debit cards featuring EMV chip technology. These new, more secure cards are a result of a required, nation-wide adoption in an effort to reduce the amount of card fraud in the United States.

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BlogCategories Debit Card & Credit Card

Money Monday: Top 10 Mind Hacks to Help You Save More Money

You already know the common strategies for saving money: Automatically set aside a portion of your paycheck, stick to a budget, plan your purchases, and so on. But there are also simple (if surprising) psychology tricks that can help us save even more. Here are ten such mind hacks.

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Personal Finance

Thrifty Thursday: Save Time + Money Using the Pantry Principle

You had every intention of gracefully whipping up a healthy, beautiful, French-inspired dinner for the family last evening, but between picking up the kids from school, basketball practice, violin lessons, responding to some unexpected work e-mails, and chasing the muddy dog around the living room, you didn't have time to swing by the grocery for ingredients, let alone the patience to spend an hour in the kitchen. So, you called in a $35 order for pizza (and breadsticks, and soda, because, why not at this point?)

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Personal Finance