Key people Bill Cheney, President CEO Bill Cheney (Jun 2014–) Number of locations 44 | Total assets $9.38B USD (2012) Founded 1934 | |
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Area served Educators and family Members in Southern California Headquarters Santa Ana, California, United States | ||
SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union is a federally chartered Credit Union that serves the educational community in Southern California. It is headquartered in Santa Ana, California and has branches throughout the ten most southern counties of California. Before April 14, 2008, it was named Orange County Teachers Federal Credit Union, or OCTFCU.
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History
SchoolsFirst FCU was founded in 1934 by a group of 125 school employees. They pooled $1,200 and established Orange County Teachers Credit Union with a California state charter. A switch to a federal charter in 1983 added Federal to its name.
At the end of 2012, SchoolsFirst FCU reported $9.38 billion in assets, making it the fifth-largest credit union in the United States by asset size. Net income for that year was $129.72 million, and total capital $1.14 billion. Their 11.96% capital to asset ratio is one of the best in the U.S. banking industry. They reported having over 700,000 members in 2016.
Field of membership
SchoolsFirst FCU's field of Membership is the following Southern California counties:
Within those counties, SchoolsFirst FCU serves employees of the following educational entities (serving both classified and certificated employees):
In addition, SchoolsFirst FCU serves the following:
Workplace rating
In 2004, Orange County Teachers FCU was named the third best medium-sized company to work for in the country by the Great Place to Work Institute, Inc., a workplace research and consulting firm in San Francisco. Each year the Institute works with Fortune Magazine and other publications throughout the world to select "Best Companies to Work For" lists that appear in 25 different countries, including the "100 Best Companies to Work for" in America.
Three years later, in 2007, Orange County Teachers FCU appeared in the same list, placing tenth.