Orange County’s Credit Union is a not-for-profit community-chartered credit union

Credit union

A credit union is a cooperative financial institution that is owned and 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...

 in California serving anyone who lives or works in Orange

Orange County, California

Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...

 and Riverside

Riverside County, California

Riverside County is a county in the U.S. state of California. One of 58 California counties, it covers in the southern part of the state, and stretches from Orange County to the Colorado River, which forms the state border with Arizona. The county derives its name from the city of Riverside,...

 Counties, and the communities of Long Beach

Long Beach, California

Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...

, Signal Hill

Signal Hill, California

Signal Hill is a small city in California located in the Greater Los Angeles area. Signal Hill, completely surrounded by the city of Long Beach, was incorporated on April 22, 1924, roughly three years after oil was discovered in Signal Hill. As of the 2010 census, the city population was...

, Lakewood

Lakewood, California

Lakewood is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 80,048 at the 2010 census. It is bordered by Long Beach on the west and south, Bellflower on the north, Cerritos on the northeast, Cypress on the east, and Hawaiian Gardens on the southeast. Major thoroughfares...

 and Cerritos

Cerritos, California

Cerritos is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, and is one of several cities that constitute the Gateway Cities of southeast Los Angeles County. It was incorporated on April 24, 1956...

. As of April 2011, Orange County’s Credit Union reported its assets exceed $950 million and are serving over 78,000 Members.

History

• 1938 - Orange County’s Credit Union established as “The Orange County Employees Credit Union” with an initial deposit of $2,663 and J. Arthur Anderson serves as the first president.
• 1953 - Adopts “Once a Member, Always a Member” policy.
• 1982 - Installs 1st ATM at the Civic Center Branch in Santa Ana, CA.
• 2001 - Membership expands to Long Beach, Signal Hill, Cerritos and Lakewood.
• 2002 - Opens a new 48000 square feet (4,459.3 m²) headquarters in Santa Ana, CA.
• 2006 - Introduces in-house mortgage company.
• 2008 - Membership expands to Riverside County.
• 2008 - Opens first in-store Albertsons branches in Irvine and Norco, CA.
• 2008 - Celebrates 70th Anniversary.
• 2008 - Receives 2008 Award for Workplace Excellence.
• 2008 - Opens new branch in Yorba Linda.
• 2009 - Donates over 5,000 new school supplies to local elementary schools.
• 2009 - Former CEO, Judith A. McCartney, receives Lifetime Achievement Award for CA Credit Union League.
• 2009 - Announces 1st Annual Youth Scholarship Program.
• 2010 - Launches Mobile Banking (First Credit Union in the Southern California Area).
• 2010 - Receives Top Workplace Award. Ranks in the Top 10 of Mid-Size Companies in Orange County, CA.
• 2011 - Receives 2 Diamond Awards and 2 Merit Awards at 2011 CUNA Marketing Conference.
• 2011 - Relocates Lake Forest to new location.

Named 2010 Top Workplace in Orange County

Orange County’s Credit Union was ranked by The Orange County Register as one of the Top 10 mid-size workplaces in Orange County for 2010 .

Helping Local Kids Succeed at School

Orange County’s Credit Union donated over 5,000 individual school supplies to the school districts where their branches are located in Orange and Riverside Counties and Long Beach. Each district received all these items and more: 50 packages of paper/notebooks, 40 boxes of crayons, 30 packages of colored pencils/markers, 30 dozen #2 pencils, 6 packages of colored-construction paper, and 48 glue sticks/bottles.

Donations were made to the following school districts: Santa Ana Unified School District, Saddleback
Valley Unified School District, Corona-Norco School District, Long Beach Unified School District, Irvine
Unified School District, Fullerton School District, Fountain Valley School District, Placentia Yorba Linda
School District, Capistrano Unified School District, and Orange Unified School District.

70th Anniversary Community Spirit Project

In August 2008, Orange County’s Credit Union and its Membership donated over $13,500 to sponsor the new Endangered-Species Carrousel at the Santa Ana Zoo

Santa Ana Zoo

The Santa Ana Zoo at Prentice Park in Santa Ana, California is a zoo focusing on the animals and plants of Central and South America. The Santa Ana Zoo hosts more than 270,000 people annually. The zoo opened in 1952 and is owned and operated by the City of Santa Ana...

 in Prentice Park. The Santa Ana Zoo’s new Endangered-Species Carrousel is designed to educate the community about the value of environmental conservation through the preservation of endangered animals. The donation covered the sponsorship of two endangered species featured on the carrousel - Sea otter

Sea Otter

The sea otter is a marine mammal native to the coasts of the northern and eastern North Pacific Ocean. Adult sea otters typically weigh between 14 and 45 kg , making them the heaviest members of the weasel family, but among the smallest marine mammals...

 and the Hawaiian monk seal

Hawaiian Monk Seal

The Hawaiian monk seal, Monachus schauinslandi, is an endangered species of earless seal in the Phocidae family that is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands....

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2008 Award for Workplace Excellence

Orange County’s Credit Union received the 2008 Award for Workplace Excellence from Peter Barron Stark Companies. Recipients of the Award for Workplace Excellence scored a favorable response of at least 80% on their Employee Opinion Survey (EOS). The Award for Workplace Excellence is based solely on the opinions of the employees unlike many other workplace awards which are based on administrators’ opinions. Orange County’s Credit Union scored in the top tier of the “Best” receiving an overall 90.8% favorable rating by its Associates.

Products and services

The Credit Union offers:

• Sand Dollar Savings Club – A banking program for kids ages 12 & under
• Pacific Youth Accounts – Checking and savings for students ages 13 – 25
• Checking & Savings Accounts
• Membership Rewards Program
• Vehicle Loans – Auto, RV, Boat
• Personal Loans
• Credit Cards
• Home Loans
• Home Equity Loans
• Home Equity Lines of Credit
• Investment Services
• Insurance Services
• Retirement Planning
• Business Services
• Employee Groups – Businesses offer Credit Union products and services directly to their employees