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The general provisions in the Federal Act were based on the Massachusetts Credit Union Act of 1909, [2] and became the basis of many other state credit union laws. Under the provisions of the Federal Credit Union Act, a credit union may be chartered under either federal or state law, a system known as dual chartering, which is still in ...
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]
The National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions (NAFCU) is a U.S. trade organization representing the nation's federally-insured credit unions.The NAFCU hosts conferences, [1] publishes original research on issues relating to the credit union industry, [2] and provides testimony before the United States Congress on issues relating to credit unions and the financial services industry.
The National Credit Union Administration is the U.S. independent federal agency that supervises and charters federal credit unions. As of December 31, 2022, there were 4,760 federally insured credit unions in the United States with 135.3 million members.
The NCUA Board voted unanimously at its September 2017 open meeting to close the Stabilization Fund and to merge its remaining assets and obligations into the Share Insurance Fund, as required by the Federal Credit Union Act. This action resulted in a distribution of $736 million to eligible federally insured credit unions in the third quarter ...
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 term certificates (certificates of deposit), and online banking.
Federal credit unions insure their members share accounts through the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund (NCUSIF), which guarantees the safety and soundness of the credit union. State chartered credit unions may exist in states that allow for the chartering of financial institutions under the authority of the state.
The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) is an American government-backed insurer of credit unions in the United States, one of two agencies that provide deposit insurance to depositors in U.S. depository institutions, the other being the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), which insures commercial banks and savings institutions.