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Business Membership

Your Business Growth, Our Local Expertise

Every business owner deserves a reliable partner who understands the local market and offers the essential products and services for growth. At TEG Federal Credit Union, we are committed to being your partner. With our solid community roots and extensive network, we’re equipped to support your business’s expansion. We analyze the trends driving the Hudson Valley business community forward, and our guidance will allow you to stay out in front of it all.

Benefits of Business Membership

Lower Costs – Since we are a not-for-profit cooperative owned by our members, we can charge lower fees and offer higher interest rates and lower interest rates on loans compared to the big for-profit banks.

Personalized Service – You’ll likely get to know our staff by name and receive more personalized attention to your business needs.

Community Focus – We reinvest profits into our local communities. If you want to do business with a financial partner that invests in your community, TEGFCU shares your values.

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Michael Mazzuca

Business Development Officer

Career Highlights


  • 20+ years of commercial lending experience in the Hudson Valley
  • Professional Real-Estate and Nature Photographer

Eligible Business Types

Sole Proprietorship/DBA (Doing Business As)

Partnership

Subchapter “S” Corporation

Corporation

Organization

Limited Liability Corporation (LLC)

Limited Liability Partnership (LLP)

Requirements

  • Business accounts are available to eligible businesses in or doing business in Dutchess, Orange, Ulster, Putnam, Sullivan, Westchester, or Rockland County and registered to do business in the State of New York.
  • The business must maintain one share ($5.00) in a primary savings account as a condition for membership.
  • All Officers & Authorized Signers must be present at account opening. If unavailable, special arrangements must be made to have all documents required to open the account notarized.

Required Documents by Business Type

  • Certificate of Articles of Incorporation filed with NYS (Copy of Articles and Filing Receipt)
  • If incorporated in another State, must provide NYS Certificate of Authority
  • Proof of Federal Employer Identification Number
  • Proof of address for place of business
  • Names, Address, SSN’s, and Government Issued ID for all officers and authorized signers
  • Names, Address, SSN’s for any non-signing individuals owning 25% or more of the entity
  • Not-for-profit corporations ONLY: Copy of minutes or letter authorizing TEG to open an account with the name of the officers and signers that are authorized to sign on the account
  • Business Certificate for Partners filed in a county within our field of membership
  • Proof of Federal Employer Identification Number
  • Names, Address, SSN’s, and Government Issued ID for all partners and authorized signers
  • Names, Address, SSN’s for any non-signing individuals owning25% or more of the entity
  • Proof of address for place of business
  • Articles of Organization filed with NYS (Copy of Articles and NYS Filing Receipt)
  • If organized in another State, must provide NYS Certificate of Authority
  • Proof of Federal Employer Identification Number
  • Operating Agreement
  • Names, Address, SSN’s, and Government Issued ID for all officers and authorized signers
  • Names, Address, SSN’s for any non-signing individuals owning 25% or more of the entity
  • NYS filed Certificate of Assumed Name (along with filing receipt), if doing business under name other than LLC name
  • Proof of address for place of business
  • Certificate of Limited Partnership (LP) or Certificate of Registration (LLP) filed with NYS (Copy of certificate and filing receipt)
  • If registered in another State, must provide NYS Certificate of Authority
  • Proof of Federal Employer Identification Number
  • Names, Address, SSN’s and Government Issued ID for all officers and authorized signers
  • Names, Address, SSN’s for any non-signing individuals owning 25% or more of the entity
  • NYS filed Certificate of Assumed Name (along with filing receipt), if doing business under name other than LP/LLP name
  • Proof of address for place of business
  • Certificate of DBA filed in a county within our field of membership
  • Proof of Federal Employer Identification Number
  • Names, Address, SSN’s, and Government Issued ID for sole proprietor and any authorized signers
  • Proof of address for place of business
  • Copy of minutes or letter authorizing TEG to open an account with the name of the officers and signers that are authorized to sign on the account
  • Proof of Federal Employer Identification Number
  • Names, Address, SSN’s, and Government Issued ID for all signers
  • Proof of address for place of business
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Federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify, and record information identifying each person who opens an account to help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities.

What this means for you: 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 for your driver’s license or other identifying documents.

We do not offer business membership to the following business types: companion, escort, and dating services; massage parlors; sexual encounter clubs and organizations; drug paraphernalia sales; cannabis-related businesses; lotteries or raffles; businesses dealing with the occult (e.g., psychics); pornographic material; pyramid schemes, multi-level sales, etc.; check cashing stores; issuer, seller or redeemer of money orders and traveler’s checks; currency exchange business; currency dealers; convenience store, gas station or private postal service that provides wire services through Western Union or provides check cashing services; funds transfer services (e.g., wire services); casinos and card clubs; offshore corporations and banks located in tax and/or secrecy havens; and any business engaged in illegal practices.

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