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Gowanda Area Federal Credit Union Savings Rates
Gowanda Area Federal Credit Union’s best savings rate is 0.40% APY on $10,000, with its Regular Share Accounts. Rates checked October 16, 2026.
How Gowanda Area Federal Credit Union’s savings rates compare
Compared with banks and credit unions near Buffalo, NY, where Gowanda Area Federal Credit Union has the most branches. $10,000, best rate first.
This credit union’s best
Gowanda Area Federal Credit Union
0.40%APY
- Requires
- None
- Minimum
- $10
- Earns on $10,000 a year
- $40
Regular Share Accounts
Top rate
HSBC USA
4.40%APY
- Requires
- Monthly account activity
- Minimum
- —
- Earns on $10,000 a year
- $440
2nd-highest rate
Northwest Bank
4.00%APY
- Requires
- None
- Minimum
- $1
- Earns on $10,000 a year
- $400
Gowanda Area Federal Credit Union savings score
76
Savings score
Higher than 41% of U.S. banks and credit unions
- $1,000 balance$1,0000.40%
- $10,000 balance$10,0000.40%
- $100,000 balance$100,0000.40%
- QualifiedQualified0.40%
Each track runs from the lowest to the highest rate among U.S. banks and credit unions; the dot is this rate.Qualified: needs another account or monthly activity.
Where Gowanda Area Federal Credit Union ranks
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Current savings rates
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Regular Share Accounts
0.40%APY
Initial share amount to open account is $10 ($5 to buy share in Credit Union, $5 to put in account). Minimum balance is $5.00. Average daily balance method used for dividend calculation.
| BalanceRequirement | APY | Earns on $10,000 a yearEarns | Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| $300 and upTo earn a dividend, minimum deposit and minimum balance is $300. Dividends calculated using average daily balance method.$300 and up | 0.40% | $40 | To earn a dividend, minimum deposit and minimum balance is $300. Dividends calculated using average daily balance method. |
Special-purpose accounts
IRA Shares
2.02%APY
| Balance | APY | Earns on $10,000 a yearEarns |
|---|---|---|
| Any balance | 2.02% | $202 |
Holiday Club Accounts
0.40%APY
Shares rate schedule with share accounts. Subject to early withdrawal fee before October 1st.
| BalanceRequirement | APY | Earns on $10,000 a yearEarns | Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| $300 and upTo earn a dividend, minimum deposit and minimum balance is $300. Dividends calculated using average daily balance method.$300 and up | 0.40% | $40 | To earn a dividend, minimum deposit and minimum balance is $300. Dividends calculated using average daily balance method. |
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All captured Oct 5, 2026
Who can join Gowanda Area Federal Credit Union
This may be incomplete or out of date, so check with the credit union before you apply.
Employers and groups
- Employees of the credit union are eligible for membership.
- Members of Friends of the Collins Public Library are eligible for credit union membership.
- Employees who work for Gowanda Electronics in Gowanda, NY are eligible for membership.
- Employees who work for Har-Son Mfg. in Gowanda, NY are eligible for membership.
- Employees who work at Iroquois Smoke Shop in Collins, NY are eligible for membership.
- Employees who work for TLC Health Network in Gowanda, NY are eligible for membership.
16 more ways to join
Employers and groups
- Employees who work at OJIBWAS/SENECAS Trading Post in Irving, NY are eligible for membership.
- Employees who work for Trusty Step of Western NY, Inc., dba Magic Glass Repair in Forestville, NY are eligible for membership.
Military, government and schools
- Employees who work at Collins Correctional Facility in Collins, NY are eligible for membership.
- Employees who work at Gowanda Correctional Facility in Collins, NY are eligible for membership.
- Those who work for or are paid from Gowanda Central School District in Gowanda, NY are eligible for membership.
- Employees of the State of NY, Office of General Services working out of Collins Correctional Facility in Collins, NY are eligible for membership.
- NYS Police headquartered in Collins, NY are eligible for membership.
- Those who work for or are paid from Seneca Nation of Indians in Salamanca or Irving, NY are eligible for membership.
- Employees who work for the Town of Collins in Collins, NY are eligible for membership.
- Employees who work for the Town of Perrysburg in Perrysburg, NY are eligible for membership.
- Employees of the Village of Gowanda, NY are eligible for membership.
- Employees of Western New York Developmental Disabilities Services Office working in designated NY counties/locations are eligible for membership.
Family and household
- Immediate family members (grandparents, parents, siblings and their spouses, spouses, children, step-children, and grandchildren) of primary members are eligible.
- Household persons living in the same residence and maintaining a permanent single economic unit are eligible for membership.
- Spouses of persons who died while within the field of membership are eligible.
Other ways
- Retirees/pensioners/annuitants from qualifying employments, members of their immediate family/household, organizations of such persons, and corporate or other legal entities named in the charter are eligible.
Membership information collected October 5, 2026.