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This is a list of credit unions in the United States.. A credit union is a member-owned financial cooperative, democratically controlled by its members, and operated for the purpose of promoting thrift, providing credit at competitive rates, and providing other financial services to its members. [1]
USA Federal Credit Union began in November 1953 with ten members as N.T.C. San Diego Employees Federal Credit Union. The employee-organized federal credit union was initially formed to serve the civilian employees of Naval Training Center San Diego. In 1955, all military personnel working at N.T.C. were added to the field of membership.
As of March 2020, the largest American credit union was Navy Federal Credit Union, serving U.S. Department of Defense employees, contractors, and families of servicepeople, with over $125 billion in assets and over 9.1 million members. [5] Total credit union assets in the U.S. reached $1 trillion as of March 2012. [6]
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U.S. Central Federal Credit Union (commonly abbreviated as USCU and USFCU) was the largest corporate credit union in the United States. Unlike consumer driven credit unions (referred to as "natural person" credit unions in the industry), U.S. Central provided its services only to other corporate credit unions, in effect acting as the "corporate credit union's credit union".
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation federally insures most traditional banks in case of failure. But credit unions are not considered traditional banks. Is a credit union FDIC insured?
Although USAA has been a respected financial institution for decades, serving members of the military, veterans, and their families, it has landed in hot water with regulators and customers in ...
A branch of the Coastal Federal Credit Union in Raleigh, North Carolina A credit union is a member-owned nonprofit cooperative financial institution . They may offer financial services equivalent to those of commercial banks , such as share accounts ( savings accounts ), share draft accounts ( cheque accounts ), credit cards , credit , share ...