Category Archives: News and Updates

Hudson River Advice – Travel Shopping Tips

If looking outside your window and seeing piles of snow leads you to dream about white-sand beaches and bright sunshine, you’re not alone.  In fact, the winter blues puts so many people into ‘vacation mode’, the second Tuesday of January is National Shop for Travel Day!  Before you start searching for flights, hotels and travel…

Skip A Loan Payment Program

Take a Winter Break From Your Loan Payment With Our Skip A Loan Payment Program Need to pay some back holiday bills?  Want extra cash to take a quick winter trip?  Whatever the reason, freeing up some extra cash is easy with our Skip-A-Payment program. Just fill out a form and you can skip a loan…

Hudson River Advice: End of Year Financial Checklist

As the year comes to a close and 2020 is right around the corner, many of us are financially focused on short-term holiday spending and saving. Although it may not feel like the right time, the end of the year is the perfect time to focus on long-term financial goals, paying particular interest to the…

Hudson River Advice: Holiday Shopping Tips

With the holiday season fast approaching, our mailboxes and emails have already begun to fill with Black Friday and Cyber Monday promotions. The “busiest shopping days of the year” isn’t just hype; last year more than 174 million Americans made an in-store or online purchase between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday! If you are one of…

Hudson River Financial FCU Donates Nearly 1,500 LBS of Halloween Candy for Treats for Troops

  Mohegan Lake, NY – Hudson River Financial FCU members, staff and community partners came together to collect and donate 1,486 pounds of Halloween candy to Soldiers’ Angels for their annual Treats for Troops donation drive. This collection doubled the amount of candy collected by the Credit Union last year, when Hudson River Financial began…

Hudson River Financial to collect Halloween Candy for Treats for Troops

Hudson River Financial FCU is proud to announce that the credit union will again be an official drop-off site for Halloween candy to support the Soldiers’ Angels Treats for Troops program. Soldiers’ Angels, a national 501(c)3 nonprofit, hosts an annual collection drive for excess Halloween candy. The organization ships the candy to deployed service members…

Hudson River Advice: Pre-Winter Car Care Checklist

With winter weather just around the corner – and on some nights, already here! – one major cause for concern many people have is how well their car will handle the cold and snow. Whether you have a brand-new vehicle or you’re still driving around in “ol’ reliable”, check out our pre-winter car care checklist…

Hudson River Advice: Fall Savings Tips

With leaves changing colors and a crispness to the air, the beauty of the fall season is upon us. Fall is also a great season to save! Check out some of our fall savings tips below, which can help you save up big and get ready for the next season that comes on the calendar:…

Ripple Effect Podcast Episode Six: MADD New York and Hudson River Financial

               Episode six our Podcast – the Ripple Effect – is now live!  Listen to Hudson River Financial VP of Marketing and Member Experience Michael Mattone and MADD New York Program Manager Tara Sporher talk to Jason Dias of Eloquent Online about the Credit Union’s community engagement activities, partnership with MADD and the upcoming MADD Westchester…

Hudson River Advice: Back to School Savings

It feels like just yesterday we were planning our Memorial Day weekend BBQs, summer vacations, and trips to the beach or pool. But looking at the calendar – and all the commercials on TV peddling notebooks and backpacks – tells us it is already time for back to school! Don’t let the end of summer…