Managing money as a person of faith should not mean choosing between Catholic values and everyday banking tools. Alliance Catholic Credit Union is Michigan's Catholic credit union, and its mission is to provide trusted financial services, inspired by Catholic values and traditions, for Catholic communities and the neighbors they serve.^1
The free mobile app and digital banking give members around-the-clock access to balances, transactions, and eStatements, plus transfers, mobile check deposit, bill pay, debit-card controls, Zelle, and optional biometric login.^2^4 Members can also create budgets and track savings goals, and add external accounts to view balances and activity in one place when that feature is enabled.^2 The app is on iPhone, iPad, and Android.^3
Membership is open to people who live, work, worship, or study at Catholic schools, parishes, and organizations.^1 The credit union offers special nonprofit and parish accounts, and campus branches at Madonna University and the University of Detroit Mercy, plus financial wellness workshops in English and Spanish led by certified professionals.^5
The credit union traces its roots to Guardian Angels Parish Credit Union, chartered in May 1956, and grew through mergers of Catholic parish credit unions across Michigan.^1 Those early parish credit unions provided financial capital for parishioners who needed a loan but were shut out of traditional banks, and the current Alliance Catholic name dates to January 2013, when Michigan Catholic Credit Union merged with First Catholic Federal Credit Union.^1 As Keith Burke, its vice president of marketing and community relations, put it in Detroit Catholic: "Put your money where your faith is."^7
Alliance Catholic Foundation, launched in 2020, supports Life & Family, Works of Mercy, and Evangelization, and invests over $50,000 each year in Catholic education through scholarships for students from kindergarten through post-secondary education.^5 Heart for the Holidays and partnerships with Walking with Moms in Need and Catholic Charities of Southeast Michigan continue that service.^5
