Ardent Federal Credit Union

Headquarters: Phila, Pennsylvania
Charter: Credit Union
Assets: $869.3M
Fed district: Philadelphia

19 published fees; none has a market median to compare yet.

Source: its fee schedule, read Oct 3, 2026.

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Fees against the market

Comparison with U.S. medians for fees published by banks and credit unions.

Monthly Maintenance
Empower Checking
Ardent Federal Credit Union: $10
Ardent Federal Credit Union: $10
U.S. median: no median
Overdraft (OD)
Ardent Federal Credit Union: $32
Ardent Federal Credit Union: $32
U.S. median: no median
NSF / Returned Item
Ardent Federal Credit Union: $32
Ardent Federal Credit Union: $32
U.S. median: no median

A blank median means fewer than 5 publish the fee.

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Each amount links to the fee schedule it was read from. Medians for Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia district and the U.S.: Bank Fee Index published fees, shown where at least 5 institutions publish the fee.

Compared at: The value this page compares: its one price, or the middle of its prices when it lists several (the highest, its standard fee, for overdraft).
Same rules: Its fees and every median use the same rules. Business-only fees are left out. So are CD, IRA, card inactivity, box drilling and key fees filed under a fee they don’t match, and fees charged by a different period than the median (a quarterly fee beside monthly ones).
Pennsylvania: Banks and credit unions headquartered in Pennsylvania that publish the fee.
Philadelphia district: Banks and credit unions headquartered in the Philadelphia Fed district that publish the fee.
U.S.: Banks and credit unions across the Bank Fee Index that publish the fee.
About the same: Within 1% of the median.
Account: Fees not tied to a named account apply across its personal accounts.

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Among its peers

Ardent Federal Credit Union · $869M in assets

The 25 credit unions closest in assets

Credit unions of similar size, for comparing published prices. Not local competitors: they're spread over 16 states.

Credit unions only
$837M to $905M in assets
Headquartered in 16 states

See the 25 institutions

The institutions in this peer set, with the fees each publishes
Institution	City, state	Assets	Maintenance	ATM	Domestic wire	Intl. wire	Overdraft
Ardent Federal Credit Union(this institution)	Phila, PA	$869M	Publishes Monthly maintenance	Publishes Out-of-network ATM	Publishes Domestic wire	International wire not published	Publishes Overdraft
All One Federal Credit Union	Leominster, MA	$881M	Publishes Monthly maintenance	Out-of-network ATM not published	Domestic wire not published	International wire not published	Overdraft not published
Atomic Federal Credit Union	Piketon, OH	$855M	Monthly maintenance not published	Out-of-network ATM not published	Publishes Domestic wire	Publishes International wire	Publishes Overdraft
Azura Federal Credit Union	Topeka, KS	$852M	Publishes Monthly maintenance	Out-of-network ATM not published	Domestic wire not published	International wire not published	Publishes Overdraft
Boulder Dam Federal Credit Union	Boulder City, NV	$872M	Monthly maintenance not published	Out-of-network ATM not published	Publishes Domestic wire	Publishes International wire	Publishes Overdraft
Central One Federal Credit Union	Shrewsbury, MA	$872M	Monthly maintenance not published	Publishes Out-of-network ATM	Publishes Domestic wire	Publishes International wire	Publishes Overdraft
Cinfed Federal Credit Union	Cincinnati, OH	$863M	Publishes Monthly maintenance	Out-of-network ATM not published	Publishes Domestic wire	Publishes International wire	Publishes Overdraft
Communitywide Federal Credit Union	South Bend, IN	$874M	Monthly maintenance not published	Out-of-network ATM not published	Domestic wire not published	International wire not published	Overdraft not published
First Heritage Federal Credit Union	Corning, NY	$840M	Monthly maintenance not published	Out-of-network ATM not published	Domestic wire not published	International wire not published	Publishes Overdraft
Heritage Family Federal Credit Union	Rutland, VT	$870M	Publishes Monthly maintenance	Publishes Out-of-network ATM	Publishes Domestic wire	Publishes International wire	Publishes Overdraft
Hope Federal Credit Union	Jackson, MS	$881M	Publishes Monthly maintenance	Out-of-network ATM not published	Domestic wire not published	International wire not published	Overdraft not published
Idb Global Federal Credit Union	Washington, DC	$842M	Monthly maintenance not published	Out-of-network ATM not published	Publishes Domestic wire	Publishes International wire	Overdraft not published
Intouch Federal Credit Union	Plano, TX	$837M	Publishes Monthly maintenance	Out-of-network ATM not published	Publishes Domestic wire	International wire not published	Publishes Overdraft
Maine Savings Federal Credit Union	Hampden, ME	$858M	Monthly maintenance not published	Out-of-network ATM not published	Publishes Domestic wire	Publishes International wire	Publishes Overdraft
Members First Federal Credit Union	Midland, MI	$905M	Monthly maintenance not published	Out-of-network ATM not published	Domestic wire not published	International wire not published	Publishes Overdraft
Merced School Employees Federal Credit Union	Merced, CA	$899M	Monthly maintenance not published	Publishes Out-of-network ATM	Domestic wire not published	International wire not published	Publishes Overdraft
Mid Minnesota Federal Credit Union	Baxter, MN	$858M	Monthly maintenance not published	Out-of-network ATM not published	Publishes Domestic wire	Publishes International wire	Publishes Overdraft
Oceanair Federal Credit Union	Oxnard, CA	$882M	Publishes Monthly maintenance	Publishes Out-of-network ATM	Publishes Domestic wire	Publishes International wire	Publishes Overdraft
Pelican Federal Credit Union	Baton Rouge, LA	$885M	Publishes Monthly maintenance	Publishes Out-of-network ATM	Publishes Domestic wire	International wire not published	Publishes Overdraft
Pfcu Federal Credit Union	Portland, MI	$873M	Monthly maintenance not published	Out-of-network ATM not published	Domestic wire not published	International wire not published	Overdraft not published
Sacramento Federal Credit Union	Sacramento, CA	$858M	Monthly maintenance not published	Publishes Out-of-network ATM	Domestic wire not published	International wire not published	Overdraft not published
Skyone Federal Credit Union	Hawthorne, CA	$863M	Publishes Monthly maintenance	Out-of-network ATM not published	Publishes Domestic wire	Publishes International wire	Overdraft not published
Southwest Airlines Federal Credit Union	Dallas, TX	$861M	Monthly maintenance not published	Out-of-network ATM not published	Publishes Domestic wire	International wire not published	Publishes Overdraft
Sun Community Federal Credit Union	El Centro, CA	$896M	Publishes Monthly maintenance	Publishes Out-of-network ATM	Domestic wire not published	International wire not published	Publishes Overdraft
Texas Bay Federal Credit Union	Houston, TX	$905M	Publishes Monthly maintenance	Publishes Out-of-network ATM	Domestic wire not published	Publishes International wire	Publishes Overdraft
Triangle Federal Credit Union	Nashua, NH	$866M	Publishes Monthly maintenance	Publishes Out-of-network ATM	Publishes Domestic wire	International wire not published	Publishes Overdraft

✓ publishes the fee. – not published.

25 peers selected · 12 publish this fee(monthly maintenance)

13 don't publish it: shown as not published, never as zero.

Fee type

Peer pricing snapshot

Monthly maintenance is $2.27 (29%) above the median of similar-sized credit unions.

Its published price is $10, against a peer median of $7.73 among 12 publishing peers.

This describes published pricing only. Account mix, waivers and actual fee revenue are not represented.

Source: Bank Fee Index, published fee schedules, as of Oct 31, 2026.

Monthly maintenance fee in dollars, one mark per institution

Ardent Federal Credit Uni…Peer (equal prices stack)Peer medianInclude $25 outlierShown past the axis break, not to scale, so the rest of the set has room.

Against this institution's monthly maintenance fee

Hamilton is the Fee Insight workspace for pricing teams.

Source: Bank Fee Index, published fee schedules, as of Oct 31, 2026. Total assets from FDIC and NCUA records.

How peers are chosen and counted

Every set except Home metro keeps the institution's own charter: banks against banks, credit unions against credit unions.
The set shown first is the first in the list with a peer median for each overdraft and monthly maintenance fee this institution publishes. If none has them all, it is the set with the most.
Closest in assets takes the institutions nearest its total assets among those that publish fees.
Home metro is the metro where it has the most branches. It counts the banks with a branch there (FDIC Summary of Deposits) and the credit unions with a branch in one of the metro's cities (NCUA). Banks only leaves the credit unions out.
State and Fed district count institutions headquartered there. Size uses its asset-size band.
Regulator uses the bank's primary federal regulator; for a credit union, its federal or state charter.
A set lists the institutions that publish at least one fee. This institution is not counted in its own set.
Each institution counts once per fee: the middle of its prices, or for overdraft its highest.
A peer median needs at least 8 peers that publish the fee. With fewer, the fee reads "too few to compare".
A fee an institution does not publish is shown as not published, never as zero.
About the same: within 1% of the median, in this section and everywhere on this page. Above or below means further than that.
A set with more than 50 peers shows the 50 closest in assets. Its medians and counts still use every peer in the set.

Published fee schedule

Amounts from Ardent Federal Credit Union’s own schedules, with a source for each figure.

Account Maintenance

Empower Checking monthly service fee$10
per month
Deposit account closure$50
Dormancy$10
per month
Account research$25
Not compared: Charged per hour; comparison unavailable
per hour
Mailed statement$3
per month

Overdraft & NSF

Ardent courtesy pay (overdraft)$32
NSF item (non-sufficient funds)$32
Overdraft transfer (automated)$5

ATM & Card

ATM card withdrawal, purchase (POS)$3
Visa/ATM card replacement$5

Wire Transfers

Domestic outgoing wires$35

Check Services

Cashier’s Check$5
Stop payment (check and ACH)$32
On-us check cashing (non-member)$5
Check copy$5

Cash & Deposit

Returned item$20

Account Services

Tax lien & garnishment$100
Account verification$15

Gift & Prepaid Cards

Gift card instant issue (branch)$4.95

Other Fees

Statement copy$5

Fee	Amount	Basis	Note
Account Maintenance
Empower Checking monthly service fee	$10	per month	None
Deposit account closure	$50	Not stated	None
Dormancy	$10	per month	None
Account research	$25Not compared: Charged per hour; comparison unavailable	per hour	None
Mailed statement	$3	per month	None
Overdraft & NSF
Ardent courtesy pay (overdraft)	$32	Not stated	None
NSF item (non-sufficient funds)	$32	Not stated	None
Overdraft transfer (automated)	$5	Not stated	None
ATM & Card
ATM card withdrawal, purchase (POS)	$3	Not stated	None
Visa/ATM card replacement	$5	Not stated	None
Wire Transfers
Domestic outgoing wires	$35	Not stated	None
Check Services
Cashier’s Check	$5	Not stated	None
Stop payment (check and ACH)	$32	Not stated	None
On-us check cashing (non-member)	$5	Not stated	None
Check copy	$5	Not stated	None
Cash & Deposit
Returned item	$20	Not stated	None
Account Services
Tax lien & garnishment	$100	Not stated	None
Account verification	$15	Not stated	None
Gift & Prepaid Cards
Gift card instant issue (branch)	$4.95	Not stated	None
Other Fees
Statement copy	$5	Not stated	None

Correct a fee source

Oct 3, 2026 data snapshot. Each amount links to its fee schedule. The U.S. comparison is the middle 50% of Bank Fee Index published fees, shown where at least 5 institutions publish the fee.

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Fees against the market

Comparison with U.S. medians for fees published by banks and credit unions.

Monthly Maintenance
Empower Checking
Ardent Federal Credit Union: $10
Ardent Federal Credit Union: $10
U.S. median: no median
Overdraft (OD)
Ardent Federal Credit Union: $32
Ardent Federal Credit Union: $32
U.S. median: no median
NSF / Returned Item
Ardent Federal Credit Union: $32
Ardent Federal Credit Union: $32
U.S. median: no median

A blank median means fewer than 5 publish the fee.

Published schedulesBanks and credit unionsRead Oct 3, 2026View sources

Compared at: The value this page compares: its one price, or the middle of its prices when it lists several (the highest, its standard fee, for overdraft).
Same rules: Its fees and every median use the same rules. Business-only fees are left out. So are CD, IRA, card inactivity, box drilling and key fees filed under a fee they don’t match, and fees charged by a different period than the median (a quarterly fee beside monthly ones).
Pennsylvania: Banks and credit unions headquartered in Pennsylvania that publish the fee.
Philadelphia district: Banks and credit unions headquartered in the Philadelphia Fed district that publish the fee.
U.S.: Banks and credit unions across the Bank Fee Index that publish the fee.
About the same: Within 1% of the median.
Account: Fees not tied to a named account apply across its personal accounts.

Among its peers

Ardent Federal Credit Union · $869M in assets

The 25 credit unions closest in assets

Credit unions of similar size, for comparing published prices. Not local competitors: they're spread over 16 states.

Credit unions only
$837M to $905M in assets
Headquartered in 16 states

See the 25 institutions

The institutions in this peer set, with the fees each publishes
Institution	City, state	Assets	Maintenance	ATM	Domestic wire	Intl. wire	Overdraft
Ardent Federal Credit Union(this institution)	Phila, PA	$869M	Publishes Monthly maintenance	Publishes Out-of-network ATM	Publishes Domestic wire	International wire not published	Publishes Overdraft
All One Federal Credit Union	Leominster, MA	$881M	Publishes Monthly maintenance	Out-of-network ATM not published	Domestic wire not published	International wire not published	Overdraft not published
Atomic Federal Credit Union	Piketon, OH	$855M	Monthly maintenance not published	Out-of-network ATM not published	Publishes Domestic wire	Publishes International wire	Publishes Overdraft
Azura Federal Credit Union	Topeka, KS	$852M	Publishes Monthly maintenance	Out-of-network ATM not published	Domestic wire not published	International wire not published	Publishes Overdraft
Boulder Dam Federal Credit Union	Boulder City, NV	$872M	Monthly maintenance not published	Out-of-network ATM not published	Publishes Domestic wire	Publishes International wire	Publishes Overdraft
Central One Federal Credit Union	Shrewsbury, MA	$872M	Monthly maintenance not published	Publishes Out-of-network ATM	Publishes Domestic wire	Publishes International wire	Publishes Overdraft
Cinfed Federal Credit Union	Cincinnati, OH	$863M	Publishes Monthly maintenance	Out-of-network ATM not published	Publishes Domestic wire	Publishes International wire	Publishes Overdraft
Communitywide Federal Credit Union	South Bend, IN	$874M	Monthly maintenance not published	Out-of-network ATM not published	Domestic wire not published	International wire not published	Overdraft not published
First Heritage Federal Credit Union	Corning, NY	$840M	Monthly maintenance not published	Out-of-network ATM not published	Domestic wire not published	International wire not published	Publishes Overdraft
Heritage Family Federal Credit Union	Rutland, VT	$870M	Publishes Monthly maintenance	Publishes Out-of-network ATM	Publishes Domestic wire	Publishes International wire	Publishes Overdraft
Hope Federal Credit Union	Jackson, MS	$881M	Publishes Monthly maintenance	Out-of-network ATM not published	Domestic wire not published	International wire not published	Overdraft not published
Idb Global Federal Credit Union	Washington, DC	$842M	Monthly maintenance not published	Out-of-network ATM not published	Publishes Domestic wire	Publishes International wire	Overdraft not published
Intouch Federal Credit Union	Plano, TX	$837M	Publishes Monthly maintenance	Out-of-network ATM not published	Publishes Domestic wire	International wire not published	Publishes Overdraft
Maine Savings Federal Credit Union	Hampden, ME	$858M	Monthly maintenance not published	Out-of-network ATM not published	Publishes Domestic wire	Publishes International wire	Publishes Overdraft
Members First Federal Credit Union	Midland, MI	$905M	Monthly maintenance not published	Out-of-network ATM not published	Domestic wire not published	International wire not published	Publishes Overdraft
Merced School Employees Federal Credit Union	Merced, CA	$899M	Monthly maintenance not published	Publishes Out-of-network ATM	Domestic wire not published	International wire not published	Publishes Overdraft
Mid Minnesota Federal Credit Union	Baxter, MN	$858M	Monthly maintenance not published	Out-of-network ATM not published	Publishes Domestic wire	Publishes International wire	Publishes Overdraft
Oceanair Federal Credit Union	Oxnard, CA	$882M	Publishes Monthly maintenance	Publishes Out-of-network ATM	Publishes Domestic wire	Publishes International wire	Publishes Overdraft
Pelican Federal Credit Union	Baton Rouge, LA	$885M	Publishes Monthly maintenance	Publishes Out-of-network ATM	Publishes Domestic wire	International wire not published	Publishes Overdraft
Pfcu Federal Credit Union	Portland, MI	$873M	Monthly maintenance not published	Out-of-network ATM not published	Domestic wire not published	International wire not published	Overdraft not published
Sacramento Federal Credit Union	Sacramento, CA	$858M	Monthly maintenance not published	Publishes Out-of-network ATM	Domestic wire not published	International wire not published	Overdraft not published
Skyone Federal Credit Union	Hawthorne, CA	$863M	Publishes Monthly maintenance	Out-of-network ATM not published	Publishes Domestic wire	Publishes International wire	Overdraft not published
Southwest Airlines Federal Credit Union	Dallas, TX	$861M	Monthly maintenance not published	Out-of-network ATM not published	Publishes Domestic wire	International wire not published	Publishes Overdraft
Sun Community Federal Credit Union	El Centro, CA	$896M	Publishes Monthly maintenance	Publishes Out-of-network ATM	Domestic wire not published	International wire not published	Publishes Overdraft
Texas Bay Federal Credit Union	Houston, TX	$905M	Publishes Monthly maintenance	Publishes Out-of-network ATM	Domestic wire not published	Publishes International wire	Publishes Overdraft
Triangle Federal Credit Union	Nashua, NH	$866M	Publishes Monthly maintenance	Publishes Out-of-network ATM	Publishes Domestic wire	International wire not published	Publishes Overdraft

✓ publishes the fee. – not published.

25 peers selected · 12 publish this fee(monthly maintenance)

13 don't publish it: shown as not published, never as zero.

Fee type

Peer pricing snapshot

Monthly maintenance is $2.27 (29%) above the median of similar-sized credit unions.

Its published price is $10, against a peer median of $7.73 among 12 publishing peers.

This describes published pricing only. Account mix, waivers and actual fee revenue are not represented.

Source: Bank Fee Index, published fee schedules, as of Oct 31, 2026.

Monthly maintenance fee in dollars, one mark per institution

Ardent Federal Credit Uni…Peer (equal prices stack)Peer medianInclude $25 outlierShown past the axis break, not to scale, so the rest of the set has room.

Against this institution's monthly maintenance fee

Hamilton is the Fee Insight workspace for pricing teams.

Source: Bank Fee Index, published fee schedules, as of Oct 31, 2026. Total assets from FDIC and NCUA records.

How peers are chosen and counted

Every set except Home metro keeps the institution's own charter: banks against banks, credit unions against credit unions.
The set shown first is the first in the list with a peer median for each overdraft and monthly maintenance fee this institution publishes. If none has them all, it is the set with the most.
Closest in assets takes the institutions nearest its total assets among those that publish fees.
Home metro is the metro where it has the most branches. It counts the banks with a branch there (FDIC Summary of Deposits) and the credit unions with a branch in one of the metro's cities (NCUA). Banks only leaves the credit unions out.
State and Fed district count institutions headquartered there. Size uses its asset-size band.
Regulator uses the bank's primary federal regulator; for a credit union, its federal or state charter.
A set lists the institutions that publish at least one fee. This institution is not counted in its own set.
Each institution counts once per fee: the middle of its prices, or for overdraft its highest.
A peer median needs at least 8 peers that publish the fee. With fewer, the fee reads "too few to compare".
A fee an institution does not publish is shown as not published, never as zero.
About the same: within 1% of the median, in this section and everywhere on this page. Above or below means further than that.
A set with more than 50 peers shows the 50 closest in assets. Its medians and counts still use every peer in the set.

Published fee schedule

Amounts from Ardent Federal Credit Union’s own schedules, with a source for each figure.

Account Maintenance

Empower Checking monthly service fee$10
per month
Deposit account closure$50
Dormancy$10
per month
Account research$25
Not compared: Charged per hour; comparison unavailable
per hour
Mailed statement$3
per month

Overdraft & NSF

Ardent courtesy pay (overdraft)$32
NSF item (non-sufficient funds)$32
Overdraft transfer (automated)$5

ATM & Card

ATM card withdrawal, purchase (POS)$3
Visa/ATM card replacement$5

Wire Transfers

Domestic outgoing wires$35

Check Services

Cashier’s Check$5
Stop payment (check and ACH)$32
On-us check cashing (non-member)$5
Check copy$5

Cash & Deposit

Returned item$20

Account Services

Tax lien & garnishment$100
Account verification$15

Gift & Prepaid Cards

Gift card instant issue (branch)$4.95

Other Fees

Statement copy$5

Fee	Amount	Basis	Note
Account Maintenance
Empower Checking monthly service fee	$10	per month	None
Deposit account closure	$50	Not stated	None
Dormancy	$10	per month	None
Account research	$25Not compared: Charged per hour; comparison unavailable	per hour	None
Mailed statement	$3	per month	None
Overdraft & NSF
Ardent courtesy pay (overdraft)	$32	Not stated	None
NSF item (non-sufficient funds)	$32	Not stated	None
Overdraft transfer (automated)	$5	Not stated	None
ATM & Card
ATM card withdrawal, purchase (POS)	$3	Not stated	None
Visa/ATM card replacement	$5	Not stated	None
Wire Transfers
Domestic outgoing wires	$35	Not stated	None
Check Services
Cashier’s Check	$5	Not stated	None
Stop payment (check and ACH)	$32	Not stated	None
On-us check cashing (non-member)	$5	Not stated	None
Check copy	$5	Not stated	None
Cash & Deposit
Returned item	$20	Not stated	None
Account Services
Tax lien & garnishment	$100	Not stated	None
Account verification	$15	Not stated	None
Gift & Prepaid Cards
Gift card instant issue (branch)	$4.95	Not stated	None
Other Fees
Statement copy	$5	Not stated	None

Correct a fee source

Oct 3, 2026 data snapshot. Each amount links to its fee schedule. The U.S. comparison is the middle 50% of Bank Fee Index published fees, shown where at least 5 institutions publish the fee.