It's all about where you live, work, or attend school.
CoVantage offers convenient checking accounts, great rates on savings deposits, low-cost loans, top-notch business services, and cutting-edge online and mobile banking tools. But not just anyone can join. By law, credit unions have to put limits on their membership. Here's who is eligible to join CoVantage:
- You live or work in the following counties: Brown, Calumet, Clark, Door, Florence, Fond Du Lac, Forest, Kewaunee, Langlade, Lincoln, Manitowoc, Marathon, Marinette, Menominee, Milwaukee, Oconto, Oneida, Outagamie, Ozaukee, Portage, Price, Shawano, Sheboygan, Taylor, Vilas, Washington, Waukesha, Waupaca, Winnebago, and Wood in Wisconsin; and Dickinson, Iron, and Menominee in Michigan.
- You are a member of Servco FS Cooperative (formerly Farm Bureau Cooperative) in Antigo.
- You are a present student or alumni of a post-secondary school in Marathon County.
- You were a member at the time of the merger with any of the following: Shawano Paper Mills Employees Credit Union (effective 11/1/2008); Marathon Rothschild Credit Union (effective 1/1/2012); Menominee Area Credit Union, merger (effective 9/30/2017); CentralAlliance Credit Union, merger (effective 1/1/2019).
- You are an existing customer of Northwoods National Bank: a branch of the Baraboo National Bank in Baraboo, Wisconsin (obtained 2/2016).
- You are an employee of Little Rapids Corporation, Shawano Mill, Weber Veneer & Plywood Company, Weyerhaeuser Co., Wisconsin, Kimberly Clark Corporation and subsidiaries, or Facility Logistics Services, Inc.
- You are an employee or retiree of Gulf Stream or The Halyard Health employee group.
- All law enforcement personnel and/or firefighters currently employed or retired, to include any member of an organization or not for profit group that has a law enforcement or firefighter focus throughout the State of Wisconsin.
- You are a spouse, parent, child, stepparent, stepchild, sibling, step-sibling, grandparent, step-grandparent, grandchild or step-grandchild of a current CoVantage Credit Union member.
- If you’re not sure if you’re eligible, contact us and someone will help you.
If You Are Eligible
- Visit one of our locations or open an account online
- A $10 deposit in a regular share (savings) account is all that is required to establish your ownership share in the credit union.
- At that point, you are eligible to apply for any service or benefit that CoVantage provides.
- You own one share of CoVantage no matter how much money you have on deposit.
- You are eligible to cast one vote during the annual election of the Board of Directors. You will be given advance notice of when this takes place.
- You are eligible to be a member for life, even if you move outside our charter area.
Important Security Information
- Credit unions and other financial institutions are playing a key role in helping the government fight the funding of terrorism and money-laundering activities,
- Federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person who opens an account.
- When you open an account, we will ask for your name, address, date of birth, and other information that will allow us to identify you.
- We may also ask to see your driver's license or other identifying documents.