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Start Financial Program

Accounts and Learning for Teens & Young Adults

Get a Head Start on Your Financial Life

Open your first checking, savings, or loan with Rivermark, and we'll help you get off to a great start. Our Start Financial Program offers special accounts, learning, and advice for teens and young adults.

If you’re under 18 years old: We welcome you to open any Start account or loan, as long as a parent or guardian becomes a joint owner on your account. Parents will have access to monitor and help manage their child’s account and transfer funds to them through online and mobile banking.

Start Accounts & Loans

For young adult members new to banking and loans – with special perks, excellent rates, and flexible terms. Check out our offerings!

Start Checking Account

  • For members age 14 to 22
  • FREE – no monthly service fee
  • Pays you unlimited cash back on debit card purchases of $3.00 or more!*
  • No long list of requirements – just sign up for eStatements

Start Savings Account

  • For members age 14 to 22
  • FREE – no monthly service fee
  • Rivermark pays you 1.00% APY**
    (on balances up to $500)

Start Auto Loan

  • Flexible terms for first-time auto buyers
  • Low, fixed interest rates
  • Buy a new or used car up to $25,000

Start Personal Loan

  • Use this loan for whatever you need
  • Flexible terms for members new to loans
  • Loan amounts up to $3,000
  • Low, fixed interest rates

With Us You Can...

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Start smart with the right accounts

Explore checking, savings, and and loan accounts with special perks, excellent rates, and flexible terms.
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Boost your money smarts

After you open any account, we’ll email you short interactive features covering all the basics when it comes to your finances.
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Get smart advice, anytime

Contact a member advisor in a branch, by phone, video, or online chat.
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Bank 24/7 from your mobile device

Access your accounts on the go, when and where you like, with the Rivermark Mobile Banking app.

Boost Your Money Smarts with Free Online Learning

The Start Financial Program comes with access to our free, online Financial Education Center where you can learn the basics when it comes to your finances. Check out a sample of the modules below.

*Minimum amount to open a Start Checking is $25. To earn cash back you must be signed up to receive eStatements from Rivermark. You will earn $0.10 on every qualifying purchase that posts during the account cycle. A qualifying purchase is a purchase of $3.00 or more that is made with the debit card tied to your Start Checking account, including purchases made with your card through a Digital Wallet supported by Rivermark and purchases made with your debit card online. For purposes of the Start Checking account, the account cycle runs from the first day of the month to the last day of the month. Your cashback will be posted to your Start Checking account on the first day of the month following the close of the account cycle. You will not receive any cashback for any purchases posted during the same month you close your account. You must be between the ages of 14 to 22 years old in order to qualify for the Start Checking account. On the first day of the month following your 23rd birthday, your Start Checking account will convert to a Cashback Checking account.

**APY = Annual Percentage Yield. Rates accurate as of 03/03/2025.  Balances of $.01-$500.00 earn 1.00% APY. Balances of $500.01 or more earn 1.00%-0.15% APY. The APY may change after account opening. Start savings assumes a maximum balance of $5,000 when calculating the blended APY rate range. Your APY will decrease as your balance increases.

†Subject to credit approval. Finance up to 100% of MSRP/Kelley Blue Book. Collateral mileage may not exceed 125k. Annual Percentage Rate (APR), loan term, and LTV will be based on credit qualifications, loan amount and collateral.

‡Start Personal loans are subject to credit approval.