{"id":917,"date":"2012-07-26T21:12:35","date_gmt":"2012-07-26T21:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vfcu.net\/?page_id=917"},"modified":"2016-04-08T15:07:25","modified_gmt":"2016-04-08T15:07:25","slug":"are-credit-unions-similar-to-banking-institutions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vfcu.net\/es\/faqs\/credit-over-banking\/are-credit-unions-similar-to-banking-institutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Are credit unions similar to banking institutions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No. People who join credit unions are members, not just another customer like at a banking institution. All members\u2019 opinions are considered and discussed amongst members. Credit unions are a <strong>non-profit cooperative financial institution<\/strong> where members ensure each other\u2019s security with assistance. Credit unions offer financial services that accommodate their members.<\/p>\n<h2>Contact Us<\/h2>\n<p>For more information on the <strong>advantages of joining a credit union<\/strong>, contact Valley Federal Credit Union at their Brownsville branch (956) 546-3108 or Harlingen branch at (956) 425-5668.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No. People who join credit unions are members, not just another customer like at a banking institution. All members\u2019 opinions are considered and discussed amongst members. Credit unions are a non-profit cooperative financial institution where members ensure each other\u2019s security with assistance. Credit unions offer financial services that accommodate their members. Contact Us For more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":1477,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-917","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vfcu.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vfcu.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vfcu.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vfcu.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vfcu.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vfcu.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/917\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vfcu.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vfcu.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}