Our New Text Banking Number UWCU9 (89289)

To make text banking even easier and to make our number more memorable, we've implemented a short code for our Text Banking service. Now, you can send your text commands to UWCU9 (89289) to access Text Banking.

The 10 digit number 608-205-8910 will still work, but our replies will come from the short code.

In addition, all our SMS text alerts from Web Branch will come from the short code as well.

To avoid confusion, please begin using the short code for all future Text Banking needs and add 89289 to your phone's contact for UW Credit Union.

September 15, 2011 update:  Due to issues with some carriers, the 10 digit number will be used for alerts until you register for text banking. At that time, the short code will be sending any future alerts (as well as responses to text banking commands). We suggest you add both the short code and 10 digit number to your UW Credit Union contact on your mobile phone.

New Touch Friendly Mobile Site Now Live

We've been working hard on an improved mobile experience and today we are making the new site available.

We've improved every aspect of the site to make it work great on today's touchscreen smartphones and mobile devices. As you'll see when you use it, the site is much faster and the buttons and links are easy to read and "click" with your fingers.

In addition to all the functionality we offered previously, we've now added the ability to schedule transfers and Web Payments, find branches and ATMs using your GPS services and to access Money Management Tools.

From within your account history on Web Branch mobile, you can categorize transactions and add labels and notes. In addition, you can view and manage your pending items to stay on top of your true current and future balances.

Easily add a shortcut
to your iPhone's home screen

The new site works great on Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Windows Mobile 7 and WebOS.

To get started, to go m.uwcu.org in your mobile browser. For iPhone users, you can easily create a home screen shortcut to jump right back to the site.

Easy Credit Card Advances with Advance Transfer

The Advance Transfer link is available in the account tools.

We've added a new tool to your UW Credit Union credit card accounts. Advance Transfers allow you to transfer funds from your credit card account to your checking account. There is no fee for the transfer and you'll just pay the interest that accrues.

Advance Transfers allow you to access your credit line for almost anything. The funds are available instantly and become part of the cash advance balance on your card.

Just look for the Advance Transfer link in the account tools next to your credit card account on the Account Summary on Web Branch.

Improved Search in Account History

We now have over two and a half years of checking account history available on Web Branch (some accounts types have even more). With all that history available online, we wanted our search to work even better so you can find the transactions you are looking for.

In the past, if you typed in the main search box on the account history page, we searched the description field only. Now, we are much smarter in how we use the default (simple) search. We search the following fields:

• Amount, (positive or negative, only exact matches)
• Check Number (only exact matches)
• Category (partial matches included)
• Labels (partial matches included)
• Notes (partial matches included) 

Prior to this enhancement, you had to go to the advanced search to trigger some of these searches. Advanced search is still available if you want to search on a combination of fields at the same time. In addition, pay attention to the "auto-complete" options that appear as you type as they can be useful. However, for many, the improved simple search will go a long way to helping you find what you are looking for.

Know Your Future Balance with Pending Items

Today, we are making a new feature available in Web Branch. The new feature is called Pending Items and is our latest enhancement to Money Management Tools.

Pending Items shows you an estimated future balance. It uses upcoming Web Pays and Web Branch transfers to project future balances on your accounts.You can increase the accuracy of this balance by adding additional pending items, such as recurring income or expenses.

The future balance can be used to help manage cash flow and identify an opportunity to make a purchase or add to savings or if an account is in danger of overdraft. The new feature can also be used as an online check register.

The best way to get started using this feature (and to make it as accurate as possible), is to use the suggested pending items tool. We'll analyze your recent history and present items that have occurred multiple times. All you have to do is choose which ones you want to include and review how frequently they occur.

From there, you can always add individual items to your pending list. The easiest way to do this is to find the item in your past history and choose "Create Pending Item" from the toolbar on the right (see the first screenshot above). You can also easily edit the amounts of existing pending items by clicking on them.

Pending items will be automatically matched as the actual transactions hit your account. The description, date and amount have to reasonably match. If an item doesn't match, it can easily be removed.

Along with the recurring items, you can also add one-time items like paper checks you write. We'll also automatically include Web Pay paper checks so your balance will more accurately reflect these items until they clear.

You can easily customize which items you want to see and how far into the future we will project by clicking on "Options" in the upper right.

We are really excited to bring this new functionality to Web Branch. With just a few minutes of effort, you can have peace of mind in knowing how much money you'll have in the future and a better overall picture of your financial situation.