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Cape Fear Employees Credit Union was founded in Leland, North Carolina, in 1978. Its history reflects the strong role women played in building North Carolina credit unions.
When the chemical company DuPont came to Kinston, North Carolina, it changed the economic landscape for workers, farmers, veterans, and many others in the region. Some of those early DuPont plant workers came together in 1975 to form a credit union, which later become Carolina Family Credit Union.
Choice Federal Credit Union in Greensboro, North Carolina, was established to serve workers at the world's largest textile company. The credit union went through many changes over the years, but always kept a strong family spirit.
The Tri Valley Growers Credit Union, later known as Community Trust Credit Union, has a long history of serving the food processing and farmworker community of Modesto, California.
With the start of Community Trust Federal Credit Union in Apopka, Florida, farmworkers and other low-income families had a safe place to keep money and an affordable way to save for the future.
The history of a credit union formed by DuPont employees in Brevard, North Carolina, is part of a remarkable legacy of community support and trust.
In 1975, Firestone employees organized a credit union in Wilson, North Carolina. It eventually evolved into a larger organization serving many families across the community. Firestone was Self-Help's first merger partner.
Starting in a school principal's basement, First Legacy Community Credit Union in Charlotte grew to be the largest Black-owned credit union in North Carolina.
Formed in 1935 by utility workers in Jacksonville, Florida, this credit union is all about people helping people.
Renowned activist Dolores Huerta is among those who tell the story of a credit union founded to serve refinery and farm workers in California's South Central Valley.
Lower Valley Credit Union was founded in 1958 in the basement of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Lower Yakima Valley, Washington, to support underserved farm, labor, and seasonal employees.
Mare Island Federal Credit Union was founded in 1936 during the interwar period to serve the ship builders of Mare Island, California.
People's Community Partnership Federal Credit Union was founded in 2000 to promote economic empowerment and bring financial access and opportunity to low-income neighborhoods in Oakland, California.
The story of a credit union in rural Scotland County, NC, that began by serving textile workers and expanded economic opportunities in the wider community.
Chicago's Seaway Bank flourished between 1965 and 2017, rising to become the largest Black-owned bank in America.
Founded in 1882, immigrants in Chicago's Little Village came to rely on Second Federal in good times and in times of crisis.
In 1944, economic empowerment for Black Americans in rural North Carolina often meant community self-reliance. In one corner of Bertie County, NC, that self-reliance gave rise to St. Luke Credit Union.
United Savings Federal Credit Union joined the Self-Help family in 2010, bringing a long history of serving steel workers and community members in Pittsburg, CA.
Beginning as an institution for hospital employees, United Services Credit Union has a rich history of helping members across Western North Carolina.