Pocket Change

Round up purchases. Grow your savings.

Turn everyday spending into effortless savings.

Pocket Change automatically rounds up your debit card purchases and moves the spare change into your savings.

Choose Accounts

Choose Account

Log into Digital Banking to enroll your membership. Select an eligible savings account.

Make Purchases

Make Purchases

Every purchase made with your debit card rounds up to the nearest dollar, creating spare change.

Start Saving

Start Saving

Your spare change for the day automatically transfers to your savings account.

Watch Savings

Watch your savings grow.

Small change, big impact. Start rounding up today!


Frequently Asked Questions


  • What is Pocket Change?

    Pocket Change is a savings program that turns each BCU VISA® debit card transaction into a savings deposit. Enrollment is required. Each debit card transaction is rounded up to the next whole dollar. The difference – called pocket change – is collected throughout the day. At the end of each day, the total pocket change is transferred to your savings account.

  • How does Pocket Change turn my debit card transactions into savings deposits?

    Let’s walk through an example scenario.   You make the following transactions in a single day:  


    You buy coffee for $3.45 → $0.55 pocket change

    You pay $12.10 for lunch →$0.90 pocket change

    You spend $20.99 on groceries →$0.01 pocket change


    The total pocket change for the day is $1.46. This amount is automatically transferred from your checking account to your savings account.

  • What savings shares are eligible for savings transfers?

    Eligible savings shares are regular, miscellaneous, Holiday Club, Vacation Club, Rainy Day, Regular Money Market, Money Market Special, and Investor Money Market. Business and IRA accounts are not eligible for this service.

  • Can I change the savings account selected for the transfer?

    Yes. You may change your enrollment at anything in digital banking. Changes will be immediate.

  • What happens if my available balance is less than the daily savings transfer?

    The transfer will never attempt to overdraw the account. A savings transfer will not occur if the Available Balance is less than the amount of the transfer.

  • How do I enroll?

    Enrollment must be completed in digital banking. Enrollment can be cancelled at any time. Program enrollment includes the membership. The membership enrollment in the program covers all debit card transactions posted each day. For example, if a membership has two checking shares and each checking share has two debit cards, the program enrollment encompasses the four debit cards.

  • What are the program exclusions?

    Business and IRA accounts are not eligible for this service.

  • Disclosure

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    Pocket Change (“Program”) enrollment is for the membership. All BCU debit cards associated with the membership will be linked to participate in the program. Only signature-based and PIN-based debit card transactions will qualify for the program. ATM transactions, Bill Pay, and ACH transactions do not qualify for the program. At the end of each business day, each qualifying debit card transaction will be rounded up to the next whole dollar. The aggregate of all transaction round ups will transfer from the checking share to the designated savings account as a single transaction. The transfer will not attempt to overdraw the account. The transfer will not occur if the Available Balance is less than the amount of the transfer. The designated savings share may be selected at enrollment and changed at any time. The savings share must be opened on the membership to be selected at enrollment. The eligible savings share must be on the same membership as the enrolled debit card. Eligible savings shares are Regular Savings, Miscellaneous Savings, Holiday Club Savings, Vacation Club Savings, Rainy Day Savings, Regular Money Market Savings, Money Market Special, and Investor Money Market. Enrollment can be cancelled by the member at any time. Members may enroll, unenroll, and change the designated savings share in digital banking only. The enrollment will default to the regular savings share if the savings share select at enrollment is closed. We reserve the right to cancel this service at any time. Organizational/Business and Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) are not eligible for the program. See Service and Fee Schedule in BCU Consumer Member Service Agreement at www.BCU.org.



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