How to name beneficiaries and fund a trust at Maine Savings FCU
Covers 11 deposit, 3 retirement, 1 insurance, and 5 lending accounts — beneficiaries must be updated in-branch
Member Service Center
Phone1-207-862-6500
Toll-Free1-800-273-6700
Fax207-862-6502
Mailing Address
Maine Savings Federal Credit Union, PO Box 347, Hampden, ME 04444
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Member Service Center
Phone1-207-862-6500
Toll-Free1-800-273-6700
Fax207-862-6502
Mailing Address
Maine Savings Federal Credit Union, PO Box 347, Hampden, ME 04444
Text
Lost/Stolen Credit Card (after hours)
Card Activation / PIN Selection
Lost/Stolen Debit Card
Maine Wealth Planning (Northeast Planning Associates / LPL Financial)
WebsiteLearn more→
Member Service Center (no dedicated estate or bereavement department; claims run off MSA Provision 25)
Phone1-207-862-6500
Toll-Free1-800-273-6700
Fax207-862-6502
Mailing Address
Maine Savings Federal Credit Union, PO Box 347, Hampden, ME 04444
Verified Jul 2026
Preparing your Maine Savings FCU accounts for estate transfer involves two key steps: designating beneficiaries on each account and, where appropriate, retitling accounts into a trust. Because Maine Savings FCU is a membership-based institution, trust retitling must maintain the membership eligibility requirement. Accounts with Payable on Death designations or trust ownership bypass probate entirely.
The transfer rules at Maine Savings FCU vary across 20 accounts. Below is a breakdown of beneficiary options, trust funding, and which products support each method.
RedWallet Cash Back CheckingRedWallet Cash CheckingRedWallet Classic CheckingStandard Savings (Share)RedWallet SaverClub AccountMoney Market AccountShare CertificateElevate CertificateOwner's Advantage Account (OAA) Certificate — legacy, discontinuedHealth Savings Account
1
Visit any Maine Savings branch with government-issued photo ID (find one at https://mainesavings.com/branches/)
2
Ask to add or change the beneficiary / payable-on-death (POD) payee on the deposit account — Maine Savings records the designation on a service form or directly in its records (MSA Provision 4.a)
3
Provide, for each beneficiary/POD payee:
- Full legal name (an organization such as a charity can also be named)
- Date of birth
- Social Security number
- Relationship to the account owner
4
Understand how shares work before you name more than one: under MSA Provisions 4.a and 4.b, each POD payee claims an EQUAL share — the balance is divided by the number of payees. Maine Savings does not offer percentage allocations or a contingent-payee tier on deposit accounts
5
On a joint (multiple owner) account, the POD payee only takes on the death of the LAST surviving owner
6
Sign the form; on a joint account, changes require the signatures of all living owners
Required Documents
- Trust name, date established, and tax ID (EIN or SSN)
Special Requirements
- No online beneficiary management: designations cannot be added or changed through digital banking
- Beneficiary forms are NOT downloadable — the Forms & Applications page publishes no beneficiary or estate form, so the form must be obtained in branch or from the Member Service Center
- Multiple POD payees each receive an EQUAL share (balance divided by the number of payees) — percentage allocations are not supported (MSA Provisions 4.a, 4.b)
- No contingent POD payees: if every named payee predeceases the owner, the funds go to the owner's estate
- If one of several POD payees dies before the owner, that share is divided evenly among the surviving payees on proof of the payee's death
- On a joint account, the POD payee takes only after the last surviving owner dies
- Maine Savings does not notify a person that they have been named — MSA Provision 4.a makes that the owner's responsibility
- Deposit-account POD designations do not apply to IRAs or to account life savings insurance, which carry their own beneficiary designations
- The beneficiary does not need to be present; changes require the signatures of all living account owners
Sources
Data sourced from Maine Savings FCU primary sources (16 pages reviewed). How we research.
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Member Service Center
Phone1-207-862-6500
Toll-Free1-800-273-6700
Fax207-862-6502
Mailing Address
Maine Savings Federal Credit Union, PO Box 347, Hampden, ME 04444
Text
Lost/Stolen Credit Card (after hours)
Card Activation / PIN Selection
Lost/Stolen Debit Card
Maine Wealth Planning (Northeast Planning Associates / LPL Financial)
WebsiteLearn more→
Member Service Center
Phone1-207-862-6500
Toll-Free1-800-273-6700
Fax207-862-6502
Mailing Address
Maine Savings Federal Credit Union, PO Box 347, Hampden, ME 04444
Text
Lost/Stolen Credit Card (after hours)
Card Activation / PIN Selection
Lost/Stolen Debit Card
Maine Wealth Planning (Northeast Planning Associates / LPL Financial)
WebsiteLearn more→
Member Service Center (no dedicated estate or bereavement department; claims run off MSA Provision 25)
Phone1-207-862-6500
Toll-Free1-800-273-6700
Fax207-862-6502
Mailing Address
Maine Savings Federal Credit Union, PO Box 347, Hampden, ME 04444
Verified Jul 2026
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