News & Events

Join us in celebrating the opening of our newest South Elgin branch!

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and former Vermont Governor Howard Dean will share the stage for Judson University’s seventh World Leaders Forum on April 19, 2018. The event, titled “A bipartisan conversation about leadership in divided times,” marks the first time since 2011 that Gingrich and Dean have shared a stage.

Our new, full-service KCT Branch is now open in the South Elgin Gail Borden Library!

KCT's Annual Meeting will be held Thursday, March 22 at 4:00 PM in KCT's Elgin Branch.  

Following the credit union motto of ‘People helping People’, KCT Credit Union and Horace Mann have partnered to help communities achieve financial wellness in a seven-county area in Northern Illinois.

All KCT Branches and Contact Center will be closed Monday, January 1 in observance of New Year's Day. We will be open regular hours Tuesday, January 2. 

KCT Credit Union will be closed Monday, December 25 in observance of Christmas. We will be open regular hours on Tuesday, December 26. To access your account, use KCT Online or download the KCT Mobile app.

The holiday season can be stressful, but KCT has some tips to help make your holiday season merry and bright. 

KCT will be hosting an open house in Geneva to celebrate 80 years of serving the community on Friday, December 8th from 4:00 to 6:00 PM. 

On October 19th, KCT Members participated in Shop for Miracles with CO-OP Financial Services and Credit Unions for Kids. The funds raised from the day will be donated to our local Children's Miracle Network Hospital, the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.

The Kane Excellence in Education Partnership and KCT Credit Union awarded Batavia High School senior Heaven McCoy the $1,000 Kane Excellence in Education Partnership Youth Scholarship earlier this month.

On September 7, 2017, Equifax Inc, disclosed a recent data breach that potentially impacts roughly 143 million U.S. consumers. Beginning the middle of May through July 2017, criminals were able to exploit a vulnerability on an Equifax website application and gained unauthorized access to sensitive, personal information.

Join us Saturday, September 9 from 9:00am - 12:00pm with State Representative Linda Chapa LaVia, Mutual Ground and Costco Naperville at IMSA for a shred fest! Mutual Ground will also be accepting donations.

All KCT branches and Contact Center will be closed Tuesday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day.

Every year, the Illinois Credit Union League holds a raffle to help fund the Illinois Credit Union Foundation. Over 2,300 raffle tickets were sold this year and 10 Illinois credit union members won prizes ranging from $100 - $2,500. This year, KCT Credit Union Geneva Member since 2012, Larry Diffenbach, won 3rd prize of $500.

In a recent article, CUInsight.com wrote about some of the ways Illinois credit unions are giving back to their members. Hear how KCT has been demonstrating the credit union philosophy of "people helping people". 

You can now make transfers between accounts outside KCT Credit Union with A2A (account-to-account) transfers. Once you add and verify access to your accounts outside KCT, you can make transfers using KCT Online and KCT Mobile.

KCT was proud to contribute $500 to the ECC Foundation. In conjunction with the Elgin Community College Faculty Association’s (ECCFA) $10,000 donation, this money will help fund student scholarships.

There has been an increase in ATM skimming fraud in the Chicagoland area. Skimming devices can be installed on ATMs by fraudsters to collect your card information/PIN.  This information is used to create fraudulent cards to withdraw money from your accounts.

Over the past year, KCT has been working with School District U-46 to install ATMs throughout their high schools and administrative buildings. Earlier this month, KCT installed ATMs at Bartlett and South Elgin high schools, allowing staff, students and parents who are members at KCT Credit Union to withdraw cash and avoid a surcharge fee. 

Members who are teachers, faculty, students or families at local high schools now have access to new ATMs at Elgin High School, South Elgin High School, Bartlett High School and Streamwood High School.

In September KCT has installed a new ATM for members to use at the Kane County Circuit Clerk Building located off Randall Road in St. Charles. 

At the start of the school year, teachers, faculty, students and families at Hampshire High School will have access to a new ATM just inside the main enterance to the school. This is the third ATM that has been installed within D300.

In this edition we talk about ways to manage your current financial situation, including budgeting for your summer vacation and visiting KCT for an annual Debt Checkup.

Check out creditunion.com's latest article about us! KCT is growing and its thanks to leadership and our members.

Yvonne Irving, Vice President of Business Development particiapted in District U46's Principal for a Day at Lincoln Elemenatry School in Hoffman Estates. 

KCT President/CEO, Mike Lee, has been elected as Chairman of the Illinois Credit Union Foundation.

We are pleased to announce that one of our own will be inducted into the IL Credit Union Hall of Fame. This is the biggest honor that one can receive in the State of Illinois from the Credit Union Community.

KCT, Center for Economic Progress, and Judson University are teaming up to offer free income tax filing for low income families. 

2016 Premier Members have received their share of $35,000. We're looking for new premier members in 2017.

How does KCT help our members? How do we put people before profits? 

The conversion to KCT's new online banking platform has begun. More information about the conversion, and how it will affect you, is available here.

Apple Pay is here!

More branches than most BIG banks. Based on the most recent data, CO-OP Shared Branch is now the third largest branch network among financial institutions.