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    Bow Valley Credit Union, a little closer.

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    What is in this profile?

    Earlier product records
    2
    Products with dated issuer facts
    1
    Recorded headquarters
    Alberta
    Catalogue captured
    2026-10-27

    Capture date is not an issuer verification date. The record count describes this catalogue’s coverage, not the provider’s complete range. Headquarters does not establish service availability.

    Earlier records by account type

    Product records in this profile. These are not counts of all currently available accounts.

    Earlier product records by account type2 chequing records and 0 savings records. Exact values appear below.ChequingSavings
    Exact earlier product-record counts
    TypeRecords
    Chequing2
    Savings0

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    Earlier product records

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    Selected historical fields recorded

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    Read the earlier catalogue description

    Unique Alberta credit union offering gold-backed banking and Canada's first Bitcoin gateway with conservative values focus.

    Preserved source descriptions; provider status and current claims require verification. Duplicate identity records remain one research choice.

    Named products: a separate issuer review

    Checks dated 2026-10-26. Null fields are not filled with older catalogue values.

    Needs a current product match · 2026-10-26

    Conservative Values Account

    Only the facts specifically recorded in this review were checked. This is not a live quote or a complete account agreement.

    • The exact recorded product name was not confirmed on Bow Valley's current personal-chequing catalog. No closure or non-existence is inferred.
    • The snapshot website bvcu.com identifies Bulkley Valley Credit Union, a different institution. Bow Valley's reviewed issuer website is bowvalleycu.com.
    • All current financial fields remain null. BVCU Basics below is a separately identified current product, not a silent replacement for this historical record.

    Dated issuer review · 2026-10-26

    BVCU Basics

    Only the facts specifically recorded in this review were checked. This is not a live quote or a complete account agreement.

    Standard monthly fee, as checked
    $3.00
    Included transaction count, as checked
    20
    Monthly-fee waiver balance, as checked
    Not established / not applicable
    Included e-Transfer count, as checked
    Not established
    • The current issuer page gives a $3 monthly fee and 20 included debits, then a per-debit charge.
    • The linked brochure is dated June 2025 and remains linked from the current issuer page; its date is not replaced with the website check date.
    • No minimum-balance waiver is recorded for Basics. Group or multi-product discounts are separate conditions; no unlimited e-Transfer allowance is inferred.
    • This is a new editorial product ID, not a correction to the unverified Conservative Values Account record.

    Earlier product records

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    Earlier catalogue record · chequing

    Conservative Values Account

    This name and these values are preserved for research. Current availability, price, eligibility and terms have not been established from this record.

    Recorded monthly fee
    $8.00
    Recorded transaction count
    20 (earlier recorded count)
    Inspect all recorded fields

    Unknown stays unknown. A recorded minimum balance does not establish a fee waiver, and a count such as 999 is not automatically treated as unlimited.

    Monthly fee
    $8.00
    Balance field (waiver not established)
    $1,500.00
    Included transactions
    20 (earlier recorded count)
    Included e-Transfers
    3 (earlier recorded count)
    Interest-rate field
    0.75% — earlier record
    Base interest-rate field
    Not recorded
    Promotional interest-rate field
    Not recorded
    Daily transaction limit
    Not recorded
    Monthly transaction limit
    Not recorded
    Daily e-Transfer limit
    Not recorded
    Monthly e-Transfer limit
    Not recorded
    Overdraft flag
    Yes — earlier record
    Overdraft limit
    $2,000.00
    Overdraft fee
    Not recorded
    NSF fee
    $38.00
    International-transfer flag
    Yes — earlier record
    International transaction fee
    Not recorded
    Foreign-exchange markup field
    Not recorded
    Own-network ATM fee
    $0.00
    Other-network ATM fee
    $1.50
    Branch transaction fee
    Not recorded
    Telephone banking fee
    Not recorded
    Paper statement fee
    $0.00
    Electronic statement fee
    $0.00
    Dormancy fee
    $12.00
    Minimum-age field
    Not recorded
    Maximum-age field
    Not recorded
    Credit-check flag
    Yes — earlier record
    Opening-bonus field
    Not recorded
    Referral-bonus field
    Not recorded
    Digital-opening flag
    Yes — earlier record
    Branch-opening flag
    Yes — earlier record
    Newcomer flag
    No — earlier record
    Student flag
    No — earlier record
    Senior flag
    No — earlier record
    App-rating field (source and scale unverified)
    4.5

    Earlier feature notes

    • Conservative values
    • Gold-backed options
    • Bitcoin gateway
    • Member ownership

    Earlier catalogue record · chequing

    Bitcoin Gateway Account

    This name and these values are preserved for research. Current availability, price, eligibility and terms have not been established from this record.

    Recorded monthly fee
    $15.00
    Recorded transaction count
    30 (earlier recorded count)
    Inspect all recorded fields

    Unknown stays unknown. A recorded minimum balance does not establish a fee waiver, and a count such as 999 is not automatically treated as unlimited.

    Monthly fee
    $15.00
    Balance field (waiver not established)
    $5,000.00
    Included transactions
    30 (earlier recorded count)
    Included e-Transfers
    5 (earlier recorded count)
    Interest-rate field
    0.75% — earlier record
    Base interest-rate field
    Not recorded
    Promotional interest-rate field
    Not recorded
    Daily transaction limit
    Not recorded
    Monthly transaction limit
    Not recorded
    Daily e-Transfer limit
    Not recorded
    Monthly e-Transfer limit
    Not recorded
    Overdraft flag
    Yes — earlier record
    Overdraft limit
    $5,000.00
    Overdraft fee
    Not recorded
    NSF fee
    $38.00
    International-transfer flag
    Yes — earlier record
    International transaction fee
    Not recorded
    Foreign-exchange markup field
    Not recorded
    Own-network ATM fee
    $0.00
    Other-network ATM fee
    $1.50
    Branch transaction fee
    Not recorded
    Telephone banking fee
    Not recorded
    Paper statement fee
    $0.00
    Electronic statement fee
    $0.00
    Dormancy fee
    $12.00
    Minimum-age field
    Not recorded
    Maximum-age field
    Not recorded
    Credit-check flag
    Yes — earlier record
    Opening-bonus field
    Not recorded
    Referral-bonus field
    Not recorded
    Digital-opening flag
    Yes — earlier record
    Branch-opening flag
    Yes — earlier record
    Newcomer flag
    No — earlier record
    Student flag
    No — earlier record
    Senior flag
    No — earlier record
    App-rating field (source and scale unverified)
    4.5

    Earlier feature notes

    • Bitcoin gateway
    • Cryptocurrency services
    • Gold-backed banking
    • Digital currency integration
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    Does the headquarters location tell me where I can open an account?

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