The 15 branches of Affinity Federal Credit Union, New Jersey's largest creditunion, remained closed Wednesday and its online banking servicealso was not available, according to a notice on its website.
|Based in Basking Ridge, N.J., the $2.2 billion, 135,000-membercredit union also said its regular 800 number is not operational.However, a new toll free number, 866-654-4588, has been posted formembers to call.
|“We will continue to post updates on our website as newinformation becomes available,” Affinity's statement reads. “Weapologize for the inconvenience.”
|New Jersey has been devastated by the hurricane, now known asSuperstorm Sandy. According to national media reports, powerhas been restored to nearly 600,000 customers in New Jersey, butmore than 2.6 million still were without power on Wednesday.
|However, other New Jersey credit unions were beginning tore-open Wednesday, the New Jersey Credit Union League said.
|“In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, New Jersey credit unionsare slowly recovering from power outages and damages, some even nowopen and operational,” NJCUL President/CEO Paul Gentile said in astatement Wednesday afternoon.
|“Many are still conducting ACH and online transactions even iftheir offices and branches are closed, and are encouraging theirmembers to use online and mobile banking in the meantime,” Gentilesaid.
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