Texoma Community Credit Union

  Need a car but can’t pay cash? You have three choices: Borrow from the dealer or manufacturer’s financing company, borrow from a bank, or borrow from a credit union (unless Uncle Bob is willing to finance you, but who wants the “strings” that go along with that?). Each method has advantages and disadvantages –…

Shopping for a new home can be an exciting blur of listings, neighborhood scouting and open houses. There’s so much to consider! You want a house in the perfect neighborhood with that gorgeous kitchen and great yard, all within your budget.  And then, it all finally comes together and you think you’ve found your dream…

  The new year is the perfect time to reinvent your business. Decide what you want this year to look like, then put on your entrepreneurial shoes and get to work! Here are five ideas you can aspire to in the new year for a happy and successful business year. 1.) Set an Exciting Goal As Tim Ferriss puts it in his…

  As a part of our mission at TCCU to build a community where everyone is given the tools to become RICH (Ready, Independent, Charitable and Happy), we offer Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University classes for free twice a year. Our next class starts February 12, 2019 and runs for nine sessions, each Tuesday night…

  The holidays are supposed to be a time of joy and celebration. But too many of us find them to be a time of great financial stress too. How can you give gifts to so many loved ones while balancing the need to spend, but not put yourself into a financial bind? Make a…

No one wants to be the victim of credit fraud. Aside from the stolen money you may never recover, victims of fraud can be faced with an enormous hassle. That hassle involves the closing of accounts, putting a fraud alert on your credit and a huge ding on your credit history, which can be difficult to fix.  Whodunnit? When we’re…

  Every year has a new “it” toy. There’s always something so awesome, it just has to get under the tree. These toys are flying off the shelves faster than retailers can stock them, setting up an incredibly inflated secondhand market. People are willing to pay two or three times the retail price just to…

Black Friday and Cyber Monday can be great fun – but they can also put you at great risk. Scams abound on the weekend that heralds the holiday shopping season, and you don’t want a phishing scheme or a bogus bargain to turn you into a Grinch.  Here are 5 scams to look out for…

  That long-anticipated day has finally come and gone. Your kids looked sharp and neat sporting spiffy backpacks and dressed in their spanking new back-to-school clothing. You watched them board that bus and waved them off from your perch at the bus stop until your arm hurt. Then you breathed a great sigh of relief,…