OVERDRAFT KINDNESS

Account balance go negative? We've got your back.

When an overdraft occurs, Columbia CU’s Overdraft Kindness allows you to avoid a potential one-time $20 fee for the day a transaction took your account negative if your account is brought positive by 6:30 pm on the day of that overdraft.

Ways to bring your account positive:

  • Make a Deposit – Deposit funds in a branch or ATM, or make a mobile deposit with the app or a business remote deposit; make a same-day ACH
  • Make a Transfer – Transfer funds from another account in a branch or with the app; phone-a-friend for a Pay People member-to-member transfer
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OVERDRAFT KINDNESS

Account balance go negative? We've got your back.

When an overdraft occurs, Columbia CU’s Overdraft Kindness allows you to avoid a potential one-time $20 fee for the day a transaction took your account negative if your account is brought positive by 6:30 pm on the day of that overdraft.

Ways to bring your account positive:

  • Make a Deposit – Deposit funds in a branch or ATM, or make a mobile deposit with the app or a business remote deposit; make a same-day ACH

  • Make a Transfer – Transfer funds from another account in a branch or with the app; phone-a-friend for a Pay People member-to-member transfer

FIND A BRANCH OR ATM
get the app

How to bring your account positive:

Make a Deposit

Use the app to make a mobile deposit, or deposit funds at any branch or ATM to bring your current balance back positive.

Make a Transfer

Log in to Online Banking, use the app, or visit a branch to transfer funds from another account to bring your current balance back positive.

Make a Deposit

Use the app to make a mobile deposit, or deposit funds at any branch or ATM to bring your current balance back positive.

Make a Transfer

Log in to Online Banking, use the app, or visit a branch to transfer funds from another account to bring your current balance back positive.

Extending a Little Kindness

Overdrafts happen. Charging more of what you already don’t have doesn’t help anyone. That’s why our Overdraft Kindness eliminates fees to help smooth the path when finances get rocky. In line with our core value of financial wellness, we absorb the burden of operating fees typically passed on to members when an account goes negative, while offering an opportunity to avoid a one-time fee if an account is brought back positive by the end of the day.

*No Overdraft Fee if, as of our day-end processing, the day’s withdrawal(s) don’t overdraw (or further overdraw) the current balance by more than $20.

No Overdraft Fee if deposit(s) or transfer(s) are made by 6:30 pm on the same day of the overdraft(s) to bring the current balance to at least $20 or less overdrawn.

LINKING ACCOUNTS

Overdraft Protection

Set up Overdraft Protection to transfer funds from linked accounts when your account is overdrawn. Just call 360.891.4000, visit a branch, or use the Digital Assistant.

  • When there aren’t enough funds in your account to cover a transaction, Columbia CU will transfer funds in increments of $100 from your linked accounts
  • If the full $100 is not available in your linked accounts, but there is enough to cover the overdraft, that amount will be transferred to cover the overdraft
  • Link to your Savings Account, Money Market Account, Checking Account, Personal Line of Credit, or all four

LINKING ACCOUNTS

Overdraft Protection

Set up Overdraft Protection to transfer funds from linked accounts when your account is overdrawn. Just call 360.891.4000, visit a branch, or use the Digital Assistant.

  • When there aren’t enough funds in your account to cover a transaction, Columbia CU will transfer funds in increments of $100 from your linked accounts
  • If the full $100 is not available in your linked accounts, but there is enough to cover the overdraft, that amount will be transferred to cover the overdraft
  • Link to your Savings Account, Money Market Account, Checking Account, Personal Line of Credit, or all four

BALANCE ALERTS

Get balance alerts sent to your phone.

Set up weekly account updates or notifications when your balance dips below a certain threshold through Digital Banking:

Desktop: More > Alerts & Notifications

Mobile: Settings > Push Notifications

BALANCE ALERTS

Get balance alerts sent to your phone.

Set up weekly account updates or notifications when your balance dips below a certain threshold through Digital Banking:

Desktop: More > Alerts & Notifications

Mobile: Settings > Push Notifications

Overdrafts FAQs

An Overdraft Fee may be assessed if your Current Balance is negative by more than $20 at 6:30 pm PT on the day a transaction took that Current Balance negative.

You can use either of our Overdraft Kindness features to avoid a $20 Overdraft Fee:

  1. Oops! Feature: Overdraft is $20 or less as of our day-end processing at 6:30 pm PT.
  2. Deposit Grace Feature: Bring your Current Balance positive or to no more than $20 negative by 6:30pm PT on the same day as your overdraft(s).

Each day the overdrawn account has more withdrawals bringing it further negative (and you don’t use the Deposit Grace Feature), another $20 flat fee will be assessed.

An Overdraft Fee may be assessed if your Current Balance (shown in Online & Mobile Banking) is negative by more than $20 at 6:30 pm PT on the day a transaction took that Current Balance negative.

Overdraft email notifications will go to the primary person on the account (TRO), not to all signers on the account.

You are able to opt out specifically from overdraft email notifications by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the email.

Call us, come in to a branch, or use the Digital Assistant on the website to opt back in to overdraft email notifications.

WHAT LOCAL MEMBERS ARE SAYING

"They're all about changing their members' lives, and their communities' lives. And that's what they're going to do for you."

Susan Peake, Columbia CU Member

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WHAT LOCAL MEMBERS ARE SAYING

"They're all about changing their members' lives, and their communities' lives. And that's what they're going to do for you."

Susan Peake, Columbia CU Member

OPEN AN ACCOUNT
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DIGITAL SERVICES

Get the Columbia CU Mobile App.

Access your account from anywhere.

  • Move money, pay bills, and make loan payments
  • Point and click to deposit checks from your phone
  • Add an extra layer of security with Face ID
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DIGITAL SERVICES

Columbia Credit Union app icon displayed on a tablet and smartphone

Get the Columbia CU Mobile App.

Access your account from anywhere.

  • Move money, pay bills, and make loan payments
  • Point and click to deposit checks from your phone
  • Add an extra layer of security with Face ID
Download on the App Store Apple icon

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