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Join Us For Customer Appreciation Day - May 18th |
 TheEDGEBANK staff will be hosting our fourth annual Customer Appreciation Day on Friday, May 18th from 11:00am to 5:00pm. During Customer Appreciation Day, customers of TheEDGEBANK are invited to stop by the bank's lobby or drive-thru for a free hot dog, chips and soda. Throughout the year we enjoy working with all of you, so this day allows our staff to have some fun, and show all of our customers that we truly appreciate your business. Mark your calendars, and stop by for one of Pete's freshly grilled hot dogs. See you on the 18th! |
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 As some of you may know, TheEDGEBANK was a sponsor of the Jammin For Joplin fundraiser held at the Wildey Theater bank on March 10th. The next week, my son, Cale and I traveled to Joplin, Missouri with 15 other volunteers to construct a Habitat for Humanity home. This house was being constructed for a family who lost their home in the devastating EF5 tornado last May. It was amazing to witness what these people were able to accomplish. In a matter of three days, this group of volunteers took a simple concrete foundation and turned it into a fully framed home. My son and I are hoping to travel back to Joplin in May to complete some of the finish work on the home. Be sure to check out additional Joplin photos on TheEDGEBANK's Facebook page. |
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The Time To Plan is Now.....VACATION Club Accounts! |
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 You deserve a great vacation, right? The best way to have a great vacation is to plan. Part of the planning process is establishing your vacation budget. This is where TheEDGEBANK can help. Just like a Christmas Club helps you save for Christmas, our Vacation Club helps you save for vacation. With a Vacation Club, you can make deposits to your account weekly, bi-weekly, monthly or whenever you would like. We also offer an automatic deposit feature and a .75% (APY) rate. The Club year starts in May, so now is the time to get your Vacation Club established. This Vacation Club account is our way of helping you arrive at your destination without charging our expenses on our credit card. Where will your destination be? Give us a call for more details.
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Banks Will No Longer Be Allowed to Sell U.S. Savings Bonds |
 Effective December 31, 2011, the U.S. Treasury Department will be ending the sale of paper savings bonds through banks and financial institutions. Consumers will also no longer be able to mail-in savings bond orders directly to the Treasury Department. This means that anyone wanting to purchase a savings bond after December 31, 2011 will have to establish an account through the U.S. Treasury Department’s Treasury Direct program. The Treasury estimates that ending the “paper sale” of savings bods will save U.S. taxpayers $70 million over the next five years. Savings bonds will still have all the same features, and you can still purchase bonds for gift purposes, but you won’t have a paper bond to deliver to the recipient. Any existing paper bonds you hold are still valid and will continue to earn interest for 30 years after they are issued. Existing paper bonds may still be redeemed at local banks or financial institutions. For more information or to establish an account you can go to www.treasurydirect.gov. |
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Apply On-Line for TheEDGEBANK Branded Credit Card |
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If you’re looking for a credit card you can trust, I encourage you to visit our web site and apply for a credit card branded with TheEDGEBANK’s name. The credit card program is administered through one of our trusted vendors, Elan. I really believe in this vendor and the service they offer. To find the link on our web site you can click on “other services.” From this link you’ll see a button where you can apply for one of five credit cards; A Signature Rewards Card, Platinum, Young Adult, College Rewards or Secured Card. |
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Update on TheEDGEBANK's Surcharge Free ATM Network |
 The latest information from our two surcharge free ATM networks shows that TheEDGEBANK customers now have free access to over 20,000 ATM’s nationwide. Being a small community bank, it’s hard for us to purchase and install a large number of proprietary ATM’s. Therefore, five years ago we leveraged our resources by joining two surcharge free ATM networks. These two memberships give our customers access to 18 free ATM’s in the Edwardsville/Glen Carbon market, plus over 20,000 ATM’s nationwide! If you don’t already have a checking account with us, give us a call and we can tell you more about our Surcharge Free ATM networks and our free checking with interest. Offering our customers two surcharge free ATM networks is just one more way we can give you “an EDGE on your checking.” For more information you can visit our web site at www.theedgebank.com, and then click on the “Other Bank Services” tab. From this page you can click on the “ATM Access” link so you can research our two surcharge free ATM networks and find the ATM’s that are most convenient for you.
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MC & Visa Merchant Services Offered through Elavon |
Does your business need MasterCard and Visa processing services? Better yet, are you currently dissatisfied with your existing processing service or the fees you’re being charged? If so, than you’ll be happy to hear that TheEDGEBANK has partnered with one of the top merchant processors in the nation.
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Please see our "Trade Name" disclosure for additional details about the use of our trade name for the Edwardsville Banking Center. |
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All funds in a "noninterest-bearing transaction account" are insured in full by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation from December 31, 2010, through December 31, 2012. This temporary unlimited coverage is in addition to, and separate from, the coverage of at least $250,000 available to depositors under the FDIC's general deposit insurance rules.
The term "noninterest-bearing transaction account" includes a traditional checking account or demand deposit account on which the insured depository institution pays no interest. It also includes Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts ("IOLTAs"). It does not include other accounts, such as traditional checking or demand deposit accounts that may earn interest, NOW accounts, and money-market deposit accounts.
For more information about temporary FDIC insurance coverage of transaction accounts, visit www.fdic.gov.
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