Put a safety net in place for your occasional oversights and overdrafts

Accidents happen. Sometimes you lose track of your account balance and you overdraw your First Community Credit Union checking account. Or maybe you're caught by surprise when a large, but necessary, cost needs to be paid. With our overdraft coverage options, you can get financial backup at an affordable price so your transactions continue to process smoothly.

Service Cost
Overdraft Protection: Link to Another Deposit Account you have at First Community Credit Union1 $0 unless more than 6 in a month, then $3.00 fee per transfer
Overdraft Protection Line of Credit1,2 Subject to fees and interest
Overdraft Privilege Standard or Extended Coverage $32 Overdraft Fee per item presented*

*Per item presented means each time an item is presented, including re-presentment.

1 Call us at (608) 362-9077, fill out form at https://firstccu.com/about-us/contact-us/contact-credit-collections to sign up or apply for these services.

2 Subject to credit approval.

Overdraft Protection

Use the money you have in another First Community savings account to cover various transactions and avoid overdraft fees, for a fee or finance charge. You can also apply for Kwik Cash overdraft line of credit, which is subject to credit approval and includes a fee and finance charge when used.

Overdraft Privilege Program (ODP)

Through the ODP, we will cover overdrafts at our discretion for a set fee of $32 per item. This program can be used as secondary coverage if your Overdraft Protection source can't cover the shortfall.

Transactions Covered with Overdraft Privilege Program (ODP)

Standard Coverage
(No action required)

Extended Coverage

(Your consent required)*

Checks X X
ACH - Automatic Debits X X
Recurring Debit Card Payments X X
Online Bill Pay Items X X
Online Banking Transfers X X
Telephone Banking X X
Teller Window Transactions X X
ATM Transactions - X*
Everyday Debit Card Transactions - X*

*If you choose Extended Coverage, ATM withdrawals and everyday debit card transactions will be included with the transactions listed under Standard Coverage. If you already have Extended Overdraft Privilege Program (ODP) Coverage, it is not necessary to request it again. Business accounts automatically have Extended Coverage.

Select Extended Coverage for Future Transactions

  • A link to another account or line of credit may be less expensive than an overdraft. A single larger overdraft will result in one fee, instead of multiple smaller overdrafts. Use our mobile, internet, and telephone banking services to track your balance. For financial education resources, please visit www.mymoney.gov.
  • Good account management is the best way to avoid overdrafts - Use our mobile banking and online banking services
  • The $32 Overdraft Fee that is charged if you overdraw your account is the same fee that is charged if an item is returned as unpaid. If multiple items overdraw your account on the same day, each item will be assessed an appropriate Overdraft Fee or an NSF Fee of $32. All fees and charges will be included as part of the Overdraft Privilege limit amount. Your account may become overdrawn more than the Overdraft Privilege limit amount because of a fee.
  • There is no limit on the total Overdraft Fees per day that we will charge for overdrawing your account. We will not charge an Overdraft Fee if your account is overdrawn by $10 or less.
  • Recipients of federal or state benefits payments who do not wish to deduct the amount overdrawn and the Overdraft Fee from funds that you deposit or that are deposited into your account may call us at 608-362-9077 to discontinue Overdraft Privilege.
  • If an item is returned because the Available Balance (as defined below) in your account is not sufficient to cover the item and the item is presented for payment again, First Community Credit Union of Beloit (“We”) may charge an NSF Fee each time we return the item because it exceeds the Available Balance in your account. Because we may charge an NSF Fee each time an item is presented, we may charge you more than one fee for any given item as a result of a returned item and re-presentment of the item. When we charge an NSF Fee, the charge reduces the Available Balance in your account and may put your account into (or further into) overdraft. If, upon re-presentment of the item, the Available Balance in your account is sufficient to cover the item we may pay the item, and, if payment causes an overdraft, charge an Overdraft Fee. We may use the terms “item” and “transaction” interchangeably.
  • This describes the posting order for purposes of determining overdrafts. Our general policy is to post items throughout the day and to post ACH credits before debits, ATM, ACH and debit card transactions are posted in the order in which the items are received (while paper checks are posted lowest to highest dollar amount); however, because of the many ways we allow you to access your account, the posting order of individual items may differ from these general policies. Holds on funds (described herein) and the order in which transactions are posted may impact the total amount of Overdraft Fees or Return Item Fees assessed.
  • Overdraft Privilege is not a line of credit; it is a discretionary overdraft service that can be withdrawn at any time without prior notice.
  • Depositor and each Authorized Signatory will continue to be liable, jointly and severally, for all overdraft and fee amounts, as described in the Deposit Account Agreement and Disclosure. The total (negative) balance, including all fees and charges, is due and payable upon demand.
  • We may be obligated to pay some debit card transactions that are not authorized through the payment system but which we are required to pay due to the payment system rules, and as a result you may incur fees if such transactions overdraw your account. However, we will not authorize debit card or ATM transactions unless your account’s Available Balance (including Overdraft Coverage Options) is sufficient to cover the transactions and any fee(s).
  • Giving us your consent to pay everyday debit card and ATM overdrafts on your consumer account (Extended Coverage) may result in you incurring Overdraft Fees for transactions that we would otherwise be required to pay without assessing an Overdraft Fee. However, this would allow us to authorize transactions up to the amount of your Overdraft Privilege limit. If you consent to Extended Coverage on your consumer account, it will remain on your account until it is otherwise withdrawn.

Your account has two kinds of balances: the Ledger Balance and the Available Balance.

  • We authorize and pay transactions using the Available Balance.
  • Your Ledger Balance reflects the full amount of all deposits to your account as well as payment transactions that have been posted to your account. It does not reflect checks you have written and are still outstanding or transactions that have been authorized but are still pending.
  • Your Available Balance is the amount available to you to use for purchases, withdrawals, or to cover transactions. The Available Balance is your Ledger Balance, less any holds due to pending debit card transactions and holds on deposited funds.
  • The balance used for authorizing checks, ACH items, and recurring debit card transactions is your Available Balance plus the amount of the Overdraft Privilege limit and any available Overdraft Protection.
  • The balance used for authorizing ATM and everyday debit card transactions on accounts with Standard Coverage is your Available Balance plus any available Overdraft Protection but does NOT include the Overdraft Privilege limit.
  • Because your Available Balance reflects pending transactions and debit holds, your balance may appear to cover a transaction but later upon settlement it may not be sufficient to cover such transaction. In such cases, the transaction may further overdraw your account and be subject to additional overdraft fees. You should assume that any item which would overdraw your account based on your Available Balance may create an overdraft. Note that we may place a hold on deposited funds in accordance with our Account Agreements and Disclosures, which will reduce the amount in your Available Balance.
  • Please be aware that the Overdraft Privilege amount is not included in your Available Balance provided through online banking, mobile banking, or FirstCCU's ATMs.
  • We will place a hold on your account for any authorized debit card transaction until the transaction settles (usually within two business days) or as permitted by payment system rules. In some cases, the hold may exceed the amount of the transaction. When the hold ends, the funds will be added to the Available Balance in your account. If your account is overdrawn after the held funds are added to the Available Balance and the transaction is posted to the Available Balance, an Overdraft Fee may be assessed.
  • Except as described herein, we will not pay items if the Available Balance in your account (including the Overdraft Privilege limit, if applicable) is not sufficient to cover the item(s) and the amount of any fee(s).
  • New consumer and business checking accounts will receive a $100 Introductory Overdraft Privilege limit at account opening.
  • An Overdraft Privilege limit of $500 will be granted to eligible consumer checking accounts opened at least 31 days and in good standing.
  • An Overdraft Privilege limit of $750 for accounts with aggregate deposits totaling $500 or more, will be granted to eligible consumer checking accounts opened at least 31 days and in good standing.
  • An Overdraft Privilege limit of $1,000 will be granted to eligible business checking accounts opened at least 61 days and in good standing.
  • Overdraft Privilege may be reduced if you default on any loan or other obligation to us, your account becomes subject to any legal or administrative order or levy, or if you fail to maintain your account in good standing by not bringing your account to a positive balance within 32 days for a minimum of one business day. You must bring your account balance positive for at least one business day to have the full Overdraft Privilege limit reinstated.

First Community Credit Union is a member-owned financial co-op serving nine full-service branch locations in BeloitJanesville, and Monroe, Wisconsin and FreeportRockford, Belvidere, and Roscoe, Illinois.

FirstCCU has been here for over 90 years, we're still local and always member-owned.