credit union industry financial services founded 1951 headquarters frankfort kentucky united states area served central kentucky 24 counties key people karen harbin president and ceo products savings ; checking ; consumer loans ; business loans ; mortgages ; credit cards total assets 1.07 b usd 2016 number of employees 263 website ccuky.org commonwealth credit union is a state chartered credit union headquartered in frankfort kentucky . commonwealth is regulated under the authority of the national credit union administration ncua of the u.s. federal government . commonwealth is the second largest credit union in kentucky and had 1.07 billion in assets 87 867 members and 9 branches as of 2016 . 1 2 commonwealth s field of membership extends to anyone residing or working in their 24 county service region . 3 member deposits are insured up to 250 000 through the national credit union share insurance fund credit unions equivalent to the federal deposit insurance corporation fdic . history edit commonwealth credit union was founded on april 2 1951 with 2 700 in assets and 122 members . by 1976 membership had grown to nearly 6 000 and its assets to 2.8 million . commonwealth absorbed the kentucky teachers and associated employees credit union in 1983 . 4 5 commonwealth hosts an annual charity run that benefits charities in kentucky 6 as well as an annual stuff the bus campaign to provide local schools with school supplies . 7 in november 2015 commonwealth became the preferred credit union partner for the university of louisville . 8 references edit credit unions in kentucky . cudata.com . retrieved 2016 08 15 . a short history of commonwealth cu . usacreditunions.com . retrieved 2016 08 15 . about us . ccuky.org . retrieved 2016 08 15 . collins indicted for forgery . kentucky new era . 3 october 1983 . credit union s proposed takeover being studied . park city daily news . 29 june 1983 . community page . banking wire . 14 january 2002 . community page . banking wire . 1 november 2004 . u of l is partnering with commonwealth credit union to help students faculty and alumni achieve their financial goals . usatoday.com . retrieved 2016 08 15 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title commonwealth credit union & oldid 740270683 categories credit unions based in kentuckycompanies based in kentuckybanks established in 1951 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 20 september 2016 at 02 05 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view