Verity Credit Union

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Verity Credit Union
Type Credit union
Industry Financial services
Founded1933
Headquarters Seattle, Washington, United States
Number of locations
8
Products Savings; checking; consumer loans; mortgages; credit cards; online banking; business accounts; business loans
Total assets $587,187,700 (2019)
Members33,835 (2019)
Number of employees
138 (2015)
Website https://www.veritycu.com
Footnotes /references
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Verity Credit Union is a United States not-for-profit credit union that was originally established in 1933 as Postal Works Credit Union #8 [2] to serve members in select counties of Washington state. Verity has been member-owned since its inception. Verity's main branch is located in the Northgate neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. As of 2019 Verity Credit Union has over $580 million in assets and more than 33,000 members. [1] Verity Credit Union is noted for its social media endeavors and was the first financial institution to start a blog in 2004, which earned it a spot on Net.Banker's Innovator of the Year awards. [3] [4]

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Branches

Verity Credit Union has eight branches throughout the Seattle metropolitan area.

Membership

Membership with Verity Credit Union is open to anyone who lives, works, worships or attends school in the state of Washington, as well as family members of an existing member or those who are employed within any of its affiliated organizations. Verity Credit Union also serves military employees, current and retired, and their extended families, located in 16 Washington counties.

Tonita Webb is the current CEO of Verity Credit Union. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Credit Union Details". National Credit Union Administration . Retrieved 2019-02-03.
  2. "Mission & Values". Verity Credit Union. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
  3. Net Banker Online Banking Report
  4. "Social Media for Credit Unions". Credit Union National Association. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
  5. National Credit Union Administration: http://cuonline.ncua.gov/CreditUnionOnline/CU/FindContacts.aspx