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Don’t Fall for a Home Improvement Scams
Scammers are always looking for new ways to deceive people for a quick buck. With home improvement season upon us, related scams are common. Here are some of the most common home improvement scams and how to avoid them. The door-to-door scam Knock-knock. There’s a...
Home Improvement Hacks
You don’t need to spend a fortune to give your house a new look this summer. Check out this list of home improvement hacks and learn how to upgrade your home on a budget. 1.Cabinet makeover You can give a tired kitchen a fresh look by just replacing the cabinet...
2024 Escheatment Announcement
The state of Texas, through escheat laws, mandates that financial institutions surrender inactive accounts over to the State Treasury. Inactive accounts are accounts that have had no activity for the last 3 years. Dividends do not count as transactions. The state...
Jobs For Teens
With most students carrying a smartphone since the fourth grade, parents often suspect and fear that their children have a distorted sense of the value of money. Children see “stuff” as things that they “have” rather than work to have. As they age, children can start...
4 Home Improvement Projects with High Long-Term Return
When you’re making improvements to your home, you’re not just making your life better in the short term. You’re also making an investment in your future. Ideally, the increase in the value of your home will exceed the cost of the improvement. However, it seldom works...
Proud BauerFinancial 5-Star Rated Credit Union
Texas DPS Credit Union is honored to be recognized as a superior financial institution, earning a 5-star rating from BauerFinancial, Inc. As the nation’s leading independent bank and credit union rating and research firm since 1983, BauerFinancial rating system has...
Budget-Friendly Activities to Try This Summer
It’s summertime! Get ready for long, lazy days filled with moments that are sure to become priceless memories you and your family will treasure forever. And the best news? It doesn’t have to cost a lot. Here are some budget-friendly activities to try this summer. Go...
Financial Advice For Graduates
The air is warming, the flowers are blooming, and the grass is turning green. Spring is in the air, and the joyous shouts of children playing will soon mingle with the drone of speakers reading names during commencements all across the country. Spring means many...
How to Save on Wedding Costs
Did you know the average U.S. wedding in the costs $30,119 (NerdWallet, 2023)? That’s a lot of money to spend on one event! But it doesn’t have to be this way. Here’s how you can have the wedding of your dream within your budget. Choose your top priority Most...
Spring 2024 Newsletter
Celebrating 70 Years of Serving Those Who Serve OthersThis year, we're celebrating our 70th anniversary of serving our amazing members, and we couldn't be more thrilled! We want to thank you for choosing us as your financial partner. Whether you've been with us from...
What You Didn’t Know About the Young and Fraud
Quick question: if a scammer was trying to pull off a con on two groups of people, one aged 13-21, and one aged 55+, which group is more prone to loss? If you’d guess the aged 55+ group, you might want to reconsider. Though they have never known a time when tech was...
Celebrating 70 Years of Serving Those Who Serve Others
As we commemorate 70 years of service to DPS employees, their families, and our community, we pause and reflect on the journey that brought us here. DPS employee, Fritz Christian was aware of the difficulties experienced by department employees trying to borrow money...
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