Type Credit union Total assets $2 Billion USD (2014) Headquarters El Paso Number of employees 780 | Industry Financial services Website mygecu.org Founded 1932 | |
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Key people Crystal Long, President & CEO; Gregory J. Watters, Chairman of the Board Products Savings; checking; consumer loans; mortgages; credit cards, online banking Profiles | ||
Formerly known as Government Employees Credit Union, GECU is a state chartered credit union headquartered in El Paso, Texas and regulated under the authority of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA). As of 2012, GECU had $1.96 billion in assets with approximately 311,000 plus members and 700 employees. Membership in the credit union is open to anyone who works or lives in El Paso, Hudspeth and Dona Ana counties.
History
In 1932, 11 El Paso civil servants pooled $5 each to form a credit union. Today GECU is the largest and one of the strongest locally-owned financial institutions in the city we call home with more than 310,000 members, 18 branches, and over $2 billion in assets.
2012 GECU Annual Report
References
Government Employees Credit Union (El Paso) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA