Alliant Credit Union Receives Datatrac Great Rate Awards

08/07/2009 • Press Releases

Chicago-based Alliant Credit Union recently received several Datatrac 2009 Great Rate Awards for its offerings on a variety of deposit and lending products, announced Alliant President & CEO David W. Mooney. Datatrac is a financial research firm, which maintains America's largest interest rate database, monitoring over 20,000 financial institutions nationwide.

By presenting the Great Rate Awards, Datatrac certifies that Alliant Credit Union has consistently outperformed the U.S. financial institution market average for the 12-month period of April, 2008 - March, 2009. Alliant received Great Rate Awards for the following accounts: regular savings, one & two-year Certificates, new auto loans (48 & 60 months), used auto loans (36 & 48 months), 5-year home equity loans and home equity line of credit.

"We're very proud to receive these Great Rate Awards, especially from such an authoritative, highly regarded organization such as Datatrac," said Mr. Mooney. "They are a testament to our philosophy of offering our members the Alliant Advantage of great rates, along with great service. What's more, we're able to offer award-winning rates while maintaining the highest standards of financial strength and stability."

Established in 1935, Alliant Credit Union has been serving the financial needs of its members for 74 years. Alliant is the largest credit union in Illinois and seventh largest in America, based on asset size. Headquartered at 11545 W. Touhy Avenue, Chicago, near O'Hare Airport, Alliant operates offices from Virginia to California and online at www.alliantcreditunion.org.

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About Alliant...
Alliant Credit Union, founded in 1935, is an independently operated financial cooperative serving over 140 employee groups with more than 250,000 members and over $ 6.6 billion in assets, making it the largest credit union in Illinois, and the seventh largest in the nation, based on asset size. As a member-owned financial institution, Alliant exists to foster members' financial well-being and to serve their best interests. Alliant is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois at 11545 W. Touhy Avenue and is an Illinois-chartered credit union, and as such, is under the supervision of the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Alliant is an equal housing lender and federally insured by the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, which is administered by the National Credit Union Administration, an independent agency of U.S. Government.

About Datatrac...
Datatrac is a financial research and technology development firm headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Since 1988, the firm has monitored and analyzed interest rate trends on deposit and lending products for the banking and credit union industry. With over 20,000 institutions currently monitored, Datatrac maintains the largest, most comprehensive interest rate database in the industry. Datatrac is committed to providing comprehensive, innovative research in a timely, unbiased manner to assist its customers in making effective financial decisions.

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