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Elements Financial


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www.elements.org
317-524-5076
225 S East St Ste 300
Indianapolis, IN 46202

Elements Financial is headquartered in Indianapolis and is the 4th largest credit union in the state of Indiana. It is also the 183rd largest credit union in the nation. It was established in 1976 and as of December of 2019, it had grown to 179 employees and 112,635 members at 6 locations. Elements Financial's savings rates are 92% higher than the national average, and it has an A health rating.

Field of Membership Restrictions

Elements Financial is open to employees, students, retirees, or members of eligible Elements partners including Eli Lilly and Company, The Heritage Group, OneAmerica, Indy Chamber, College Park Church, Butler University or any one of the more than 135 select employer groups (a complete list can be found on the credit union's website). Immediate family and household members may also join.
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Related Posts

Elements Financial Lowers APY For New Helium Savings Promo Accounts - 2/29/2020

Effective February 24, the APY for new Helium Savings promotional accounts is 1.90% (with a $2500 minimum). Rate good for the first year. The previous APY was 2.10% Fine print: Helium Savings Promotion APY of 1.90% is for new Helium accountholders depositing a maximum $250,000 new money from other financial institutions and is good for the first 1 year (12 statement cycles) from account opening. Money on deposit with Elements financial over the last 90 days is not eligible for the Promotion APY. Existing Helium accountholders do not qualify for offer. After the 1-year promo period, dividend rate will reset to the then current Helium Savings rate and may change without notice. Average daily balance of $2,500 required to earn dividends. https://www.elements.org/personal/savings/helium-savings/

Elements Financial Offers 2.10% APY On Helium Savings For 1 Year - 10/10/2019

Elements Financial (easy membership requirement) Helium Savings has a promotional 2.10% APY, guaranteed for one year. Minimum deposit is $2.5k of new money.

Elements Financial Ups High Interest Checking To 3.00% APY - 7/2/2019

Elements Financial (easy membership) has raised the rate on its High Interest Checking to 3.00% APY on qualifying balances up to $20k.

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Reviews (5)

Very Good For HSA

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I took an extremely long time to open our HSA accounts because as I reviewed all the ones out there, I was not happy with any. Most have tons of fees for doing anything, or nothing at all. My primary objective was to find one where there would be no fees if I simply deposit funds and don't do anything. Elements provided that.

These days most folks are looking for the ability to use their HSA to participate in the stock market, either utilizing a brokerage account of being able to invest in mutual funds. Elements provides that ability. Yes, there are fees - as there will be with any HSA which provides for it.

My only nitpick is that during the account opening process, for a new member, they limit the initial deposit to the HSA...that limit is below their minimum for avoiding the monthly fee. I wanted to contribute the full year maximum, which was above their minimum to avoid the monthly fee. Couldn't do it - had to open it with initial limit they imposed, then do a second transfer to bring the balance up - and get hit with a fee the first month. When I opened my spouse's HSA, I figured a way around this - first funding the member savings account (required to open the HSA) and then doing an internal transfer to the new HSA for the one year maximum contribution. Elements should either raise the maximum allowable initial deposit to the HSA, or post a tip how to open it and avoid the monthly fee. I opened our accounts almost 2 years ago, so maybe they have changed that since.

Anyhow, the interest rate on savings is not competitive, and again there are fees for using a brokerage account. However, if you're looking for a safe place to put your HSA money and not have it eaten away with fees for having it simply having sit dormant, this is a good one.

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Generally satisfied customer.

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Generally, I have been very happy with Elements Financial Credit Union. I have been with this bank for over a decade. When I originally signed up for an account using a bank that was primarily online was a very uncommon thing to do. When I originally opened my account the bank was called Eli Lilly Federal Credit Union. There are branches available inside Lilly pharmaceutical, but are unavailable to me as a non employee. I only had a problem finding a service center during one period when I lived in Florida for a brief time. I was eventually able to find a service center, but it was quite inconvenient. There are a large variety of deposit options and they are all accessible via web or phone contact only. All in all, I was satisfied enough with my experience that I have opened an account with a different credit union under similar circumstances.

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ACH Problems

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I set up the Helium Savings account a month ago. I've tried twice to set up an ACH with Elements (back to my home bank). Both times failed. I called Customer service and they told me to try again and "sometimes it takes 3-4 tries". They need to do something to their system!

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Transfers To External Accounts

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1. They have $10,000 limit per day for outgoing ACH transfers
2. In my case, Wire Transfer Department took three attempts to type my account number correctly. Their email to me presented a correct number, but in wire transfer computer they typed incorrect. Wasted all day talking to both institutions.

General customer service is great and supportive.

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For HSA Investing, Clunky And Expensive

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Elements (formerly Eli Lilly FCU) used to be a good place to have an HSA investment account. These days, not good at all.

Most HSAs that allow investments have a banking side (here, Elements) and an investment side (either a small menu of mutual funds or a brokerage partner, here TDAmeritrade). Elements requires you to keep $2500 on the credit union side or pay $4/mo to invest. That's higher than many other providers. It also charges $25 per transfer to the investment (TDAmeritrade) side. That's quite unusual.

Also unusual is that instead of having two logins (one for Elements and one for TDA), you need three. The third is for a third party site (pilothsa.com) that handles the transfers.

That site imposes a three business day lag between the time a trade settles at TDA (i.e. the time that TDA says you can withdraw cash), and the time the transfer site will allow you to transfer the money. It also gets confused if you place multiple transfers too close together (even if there is enough money available). I'm still working on resolving that problem.

The final concern is that TDAmeritrade recently changed its list of NTF ETFs, replacing lots of inexpensive ones from Vanguard and iShares with more expensive ones.

If you just want to keep cash on the Elements side, it seems fine. But if you want to use this for investing within an HSA, it's not the most efficient or user friendly place to do so.

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Health
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Data as of Q4 2019

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Overall
NCUA #22468
Year Chartered1976
Employees179
Primary Regulator
Profit Margin
Return on Assets - YTD0.91%
Return on Equity - YTD10.09%
Annual Interest Income$60.7MM
Assets and Liabilities
AssetsQ4 2019vs Q4 2018$1.69B$1.54B
LoansQ4 2019vs Q4 2018$1.26B$1.22B
DepositsQ4 2019vs Q4 2018$1.39B$1.28B
Equity CapitalQ4 2019vs Q4 2018$151.2MM$131.2MM
Loan Loss AllowanceQ4 2019vs Q4 2018$9.6MM$10.0MM
Unbacked Noncurrent LoansQ4 2019vs Q4 2018$2.0MM$3.3MM
Real Estate OwnedQ4 2019vs Q4 2018$336.00K$0
  User-submitted Promotions & Notices

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Elements Financial Lowers APY For New Helium Savings Promo Accounts

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Effective February 24, the APY for new Helium Savings promotional accounts is 1.90% (with a $2500 minimum). Rate good for the first year. The previous APY was 2.10%

Fine print: Helium Savings Promotion APY of 1.90% is for new Helium accountholders depositing a maximum $250,000 new money from other financial institutions and is good for the first 1 year (12 statement cycles) from account opening. Money on deposit with Elements financial over the last 90 days is not eligible for the Promotion APY. Existing Helium accountholders do not qualify for offer. After the 1-year promo period, dividend rate will reset to the then current Helium Savings rate and may change without notice. Average daily balance of $2,500 required to earn dividends.

https://www.elements.org/personal/savings/helium-savings/
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Elements Financial Savings Account Rates

APYMINMAXACCOUNT NAMEVIEW DETAILS
1.00%$2.5k-Helium Savings
0.60%*$10k*-Health Savings Account (HSA)
OTHER TIERS: 0.10% → $100 - $2.5k | 0.30% → $2.5k - $10k
0.25%$100-The Grow Account
0.21%--IRA Savings
0.20%*$50k*-HideAway Savings
OTHER TIERS: 0.10% → $100 - $25k | 0.15% → $25k - $50k
0.20%*$50k*-Member Savings
OTHER TIERS: 0.10% → $100 - $25k | 0.15% → $25k - $50k

Elements Financial Money Market Rates

APYMINMAXACCOUNT NAMEVIEW DETAILS
0.75%$2.5k-Business Premium Money Market
0.45%*$250k*-Premium Money Market Account
OTHER TIERS: 0.05% → $100 - $2.5k | 0.10% → $2.5k - $10k | 0.15% → $10k - $25k | 0.21% → $25k - $50k | 0.31% → $50k - $100k | 0.40% → $100k - $250k

Elements Financial Checking Account Rates

APYMINMAXACCOUNT NAMEVIEW DETAILS
2.00%*$100*$20kHigh Interest Checking
OTHER TIERS: 0.10% → $20k+

Elements Financial CD Rates

APYMINMAXACCOUNT NAMEVIEW DETAILS
1.25%$1k$250k5 Year CD
1.25%$500$250k5 Year Youth CD
1.20%$1k$250k4 Year CD
1.20%$500$250k4 Year Youth CD
1.00%$1k$250k3 Year CD
1.00%$500$250k3 Year Youth CD
0.80%$1k$250k2 Year CD
0.80%$500$250k2 Year Youth CD
0.70%$1k$250k18 Month CD
0.70%$500$250k18 Month Youth CD
0.65%$1k$250k1 Year CD
0.65%$500$250k1 Year Youth CD
0.50%$1k$250k6 Month CD
0.50%$500$250k6 Month Youth CD

Elements Financial IRA Rates

APYMINMAXACCOUNT NAMEVIEW DETAILS
1.25%$1k-5 Year IRA
1.20%$1k-4 Year IRA
1.00%$1k-3 Year IRA
0.80%$1k-2 Year IRA
0.70%$1k-18 Month IRA
0.65%$1k-1 Year IRA
0.50%$1k-6 Month IRA
Locations


Elements Financial Locations
Branch Office639 S Delaware StIndianapolis, IN 46225
Branch Office2500 Innovation Way N Bldg CGreenfield, IN 46140
Branch Office225 S East St Ste 300Indianapolis, IN 46202
Branch Office1400 W Raymond StIndianapolis, IN 46221-2004
Branch Office302 W Washington St Rm E030Indianapolis, IN 46204
Branch Office1200 W Morris StIndianapolis, IN 46221-1710

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