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checking ; consumer loans ; mortgages ; credit cards ; online banking ; mobile banking ; business banking aum 5.9 b usd 2012 website esl.org esl federal credit union is a full service financial institution with headquarters in rochester new york . the locally owned financial institution employs more than 700 people in rochester new york and includes more than 330 000 members world wide . the company has now appeared on the great place to work best small and medium workplaces for five years 2015 2014 2013 2011 and 2010 . access to the credit union includes 20 branch locations and more than 40 atm locations locally based telephone and internet chat centers and online and mobile banking channels . membership in esl is open to employees of eastman kodak members of the george eastman house and residents of rochester among others . esl investment services llc is a wholly owned subsidiary of esl federal credit union . established in 1996 esl investment services provides financial services including retirement planning insurance financial planning and wealth management . 1 history edit esl federal credit union was chartered in 1920 as eastman savings and loan association by george eastman founder of eastman kodak company . 1 mr. eastman s intent at that time was to provide his employees with a financial institution that served their financial needs especially by providing mortgages . on february 1 1996 eastman savings and loan changed its charter from a u.s. bank to a federal credit union changing its name to esl federal credit union . 2 it is the largest locally owned financial institution in the greater rochester area and the largest credit union in new york state . esl is in the top 1 % of national credit unions ranked by assets . esl s longevity and success can be attributed to the basic principles set forth by george eastman . he believed employees should have more than just good wages a way of thinking that was far ahead of management philosophy of his era . eastman believed that the prosperity of an organization was due not only to inventions and patents but also to workers contributions and goodwill . esl has now appeared on the great place to work best small and medium workplaces for five years 2015 2014 2013 2011 and 2010 . references edit a b pettinella mike 7 october 2010 . batavia esl federal credit union schedules nov. 1 opening . the daily news online . retrieved 15 january 2015 . bjorhus jennifer 26 november 2012 . thrivent s bank will become a credit union . star tribune . retrieved 15 january 2015 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title esl federal credit union & oldid 737182316 categories 1920 establishments in new yorkbanks established in 1920companies based in rochester new yorkcredit unions based in new yorkprivately held companies in the united stateshidden categories articles with a promotional tone from july 2015all articles with a promotional tonearticles with topics of unclear notability from february 2016all articles with topics of unclear notabilitypages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 september 2016 at 06 03 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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