Regional Federal Credit Union

You've been using the peer-to-peer payment app Venmo to transfer money between your friends and family for a while without incident, when suddenly a payment for $1,000 from a complete stranger appears in your account, along with a message: "omg I...

Join us for this free educational session for business owners, presented by Eric Beschinski. Lunch will be provided by REGIONAL. Eric Beschinski is an entrepreneur, business navigation consultant, speaker, and author. As Chief Navigation Officer for...

One of the first fraud prevention topics I ever wrote about (all the way back in 2009) was the Mystery Shopper Scam. The scheme was almost always the same: victims would receive a cashier's check in the mail with instructions to cash the instrument...

You're at a gas station or passing through a parking lot when a guy calls to you from a van filled with stereo equipment. He says he works for a company that deals in high-end home theater systems for wealthy clients, and they just got done with an...

In order to help reach your financial and credit goals, it’s good to have a plan in place. The plan itself doesn’t have to be complicated, but it does require that you treat this journey as a marathon rather than a sprint.Here are three simple...

Endless articles are written about scams that focus on the elderly, which can give the impression that only seniors are targeted by (and fall for) scams. However, young people fall victim to a host of schemes every day. Many of these are just the...

Tens of thousands of children attend school in Northwest Indiana, and far too many come to school each day without access to the very basic items many of us take for granted. That's why REGIONAL is once again supporting the B.U.S. Program for schools...

An online listing for a used car from a private seller can be tempting, especially when the price is right, but too many people fall victim to scams involving these transactions. There are a variety of warning signs. First, look at the price of the...

Spring means a lot of things: longer days, warmer temperatures, trees and flowers (and allergies) in bloom, migratory birds returning from their winter homes. It also means fixing up all the stuff on your house that broke, fell, cracked, blew away or...

Let's start with a few facts. First, whether you're getting a paper check or a direct electronic deposit, any COVID Relief funds from the federal government are being handled by the IRS and the U.S. Treasury. Not the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)....