Los Angeles Federal Credit Union (LAFCU) LAFCU is a safe, secure full-service financial institution with comprehensive products and services, convenient account access, and professional, friendly, knowledgeable staff. We are always ready to form a strong partnership with our members and be their financial source for life. Founded in 1936 by Los Angeles City employees, we expanded in 2006 to allow membership to anyone living in the Greater LA area who first donates a minimum $10 to the Los Angeles Charitable Association, Inc., a 501(c)3 non-profit charity. The Greater LA area includes the counties of Imperial, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara & Ventura. In the year 2019 we reached $1 billion in assets and our 160 employees at our seven branches and corporate office serve over 70,000 members. For over ten consecutive years we have earned a five-star, “superior” financial rating from BauerFinancial (www.bauerfinancial.com), multiple times our staff helped us earn one of the “100 Best Places to Work” awards by the LA Business Journal (www.labusinessjournal.com), and readers of the Glendale NewPress for several years voted us the “Best Credit Union in Glendale.” Our members enjoy account access with mobile, online & telephone banking, 5,000 nationwide Shared branches (https://co-opcreditunions.org/locator) and 30,000 surcharge-free nationwide CO-OP ATMs (https://co-opcreditunions.org/locator). All deposits at LAFCU are federally insured by the National Credit Union Administration (www.ncua.gov), and we follow Equal Housing Lending guidelines. We are very active on social media, including Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LAFCUfanpage), Twitter (https://twitter.com/lafcu), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/LAFCU/), and our YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/LAFCUMktg).