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Everyone could use a little
reassurance from time to time, and with the abundance
of recent negative press involving the banking industry,
now is a good time to assure you that Earthmover is
weathering this financial storm with complete confidence
and control. Your deposits are safe, your loans are
safe, and our membership base along with our assets
have increased this year, making Earthmover's future
even more secure. Just
look at our numbers:
• Members: over 25,000
• Assets: over $200 million
• Capital to Asset Ratio: over 13%
For added piece of mind, each deposit account at Earthmover
is insured up $250,000 by American Share Insurance
(ASI), which is America’s largest private deposit
insurer.
Strengths of ASI:
• Established in 1974
• No member has ever lost a penny in an ASI
insured credit union!
• Deposit accounts are insured up to $250,000
each – in other words, if you had a savings
account, checking account, and a CD, each would be
covered up to $250,000, which would equal a total
coverage amount of $750,000
• Top-notch financials as required by their
independent auditors
• Required to meet strict underwriting standards
and regulated by the states where they provide insurance
coverage
• ASI is owned by credit unions and only
insures credit unions. Currently over 1.5 million
individual consumers belong to credit unions insured
by ASI
• Like the credit unions it insures, ASI is safe and sound. The company's equity ratio of 1.49% is greater than that reported by federal deposit insurance funds
• ASI does not hold any collatarized mortgage obligations (CMOs) or any of the types of exotic investments that created the need for the $700 billion bailout of AIG, Goldman Sachs and other investment firms currently under consideration by the US Congress, nor does it insure or guarantee the performance of such securities to any parties
• ASI's balance sheet exhibits solid characteristics
with 25% invested in cash and cash equivalents, 70%
in U.S. government-guaranteed agency bonds and US
Treasuries, and 5% in other assets (certificates of
deposit, accounts receivable, building and other fixed
assets)
• ASI's insured credit unions generally have
little to no investments in CMOs, nor do credit unions
buy the types of exotic investments associated with
the recent and well-publicized failures of some of
the nation's largest investment firms, banks, and
thrifts
• ASI's insured credit unions hold little or
no sub-prime mortgages, as confirmed by our numerous
on-site field examinations
• ASI is not assigned a traditional insurance
industry rating by companies like A.M. Best or Standard
and Poor's due to the limited number of companies
in our industry. Financial data and other information
are supplied to the key rating services annually for
their review and analysis
• ASI is selective as to who it insures. Not
all credit unions that apply for coverage are accepted
due to ASI's strict underwriting standards
• The ASI insurance fund provides your credit
union with a strong, high-quality program that can
sustain regardless of changes in economic conditions
- a program that members can trust and rely upon
Overall, your deposits
are Very Very secure at Earthmover!
Click
Here to learn more about American Share Insurance
We take great pride in providing our
members with exceptional service. We take great care
to ensure the continued fiscal health of our credit
union so that we can be here when members need us
most. In times such as these, we are pleased that
our conservative management has helped us to avoid
some of the issues facing other financial institutions.
We sincerely appreciate the decision you have made
to place your business and your trust in Earthmover
Credit Union.
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