You’ve looked, and looked, and looked…and finally found it, your dream home. The journey to becoming a homeowner may seem like a long road but when you’ve got the right guide, it can be easier than you might think. The good news for you is the mortgage experts here at Astra Bank have been down this road before and we know the way! And the even better news is that you can now conveniently apply for your mortgage… ONLINE!

Astra Bank recently kicked off a new recurring series called Astra VMP, which stands for Video Marketing Presentations. These VMP’s provide a great way to share what is going on not only in the bank but to also educate our customers on a variety of banking topics. In light of October being Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we thought it was the perfect time to educate our customers on the topic a little more.

Where has the year of 2017 gone? We can’t speak for everybody but that’s definitely how we feel here. The holidays to-do lists have begun (or at least have probably been thought about) and seem to get longer and longer each year. One thing you won’t have to worry about on your to-do list is how you pay for all of your items. The answer is simple: Your Astra Bank debit card, for every purchase!

As part of our community-focused high school debit card program, Astra Bank recently (and proudly) added two new schools to the mix. Prior to adding the Palco Roosters and Sacred Heart Grade School cards, the program featured eight schools in the communities we serve. We are very excited to be able to add these schools and continue to provide an easy way for anyone who wants to give back to those schools.

In this day and age there is an app for just about anything. What if you had the ability to turn your card “off” when you weren’t using it? Well, there’s an app for that now, too. Astra Bank is pleased to introduce CardValet^®, a mobile card management application that helps reduce account fraud by allowing cardholders to monitor accounts with their smartphone and control how, when and where their debit card is used.