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Advice for Life Fall 2025 Newsletter
By Alterna Team
October 31, 2025

Credit Cards are convenient, widely accepted, and offer plenty of incentives. Understanding how they work is the best way to reap their benefits.

At Alterna Savings, we know you need financial solutions that make life easier, while also helping you save.

Thanks to advances in technology, a simple online investing service, sometimes called “digital advice” or “robo-advice”, is now available to our members. It is VirtualWealth and, depending on your needs, it may be a service worth considering.

We offer all the products and services you'd expect from a financial institution with the added bonus that we are accountable to you, our members.

A new baby is exciting! Preparing financially for this addition to your family can help you budget for parental leave, expenses, and future plans.

If you own a business and use your home as your primary workplace, you may be able to deduct certain business expenses from your income tax.