Keesler Federal Credit Union

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Keesler Federal Credit Union
Company type Credit union
Industry Financial services
Founded1947
Headquarters Biloxi, Mississippi, United States
Area served
Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama
Key people
Andrew Swoger, President / CEO
Products Savings; checking; consumer loans; mortgages; credit cards
Total assets $4.3B USD (November 2022)
Number of employees
800
Websitekfcu.org

Keesler Federal Credit Union is a credit union headquartered in Biloxi, Mississippi, chartered and regulated under the authority of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) of the U.S. federal government. Keesler is the largest credit union in Mississippi [1] and has branches for Air Force personnel stationed in the United Kingdom from the Keesler Federal Credit Union Website [2] As of November 2022, Keesler Federal had over $4.3 billion in assets, approximately 303,000 members, and 39 branches.

Keesler Federal was founded in 1947 to serve military personnel at the Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi. The credit union suffered tremendous damage during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. [3] Keesler has won the Credit Union National Association's Dora Maxwell Social Responsibility Award on multiple occasions. [4]

References

  1. Rubenstein, Jim. Keesler Details Katrina Lessons. [ dead link ]Credit Union Times. 22 March 2006.
  2. Keesler Federal Credit Union Overseas.
  3. Jeter, Lynne. Banking, credit union leaders optimistic about reopening. Archived 10 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine Mississippi Business Journal. 10 October 2005.
  4. Keesler Federal Credit Union My Credit Unions 14 November 2015. Archived 17 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine