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checking ; consumer loans ; credit cards ; investments ; online banking number of employees 83 full time 2 website http www.msdfcu.org merck sharp & dohme federal credit union msdfcu is an american not for profit credit union based in pennsylvania . it is federally chartered and insured by the national credit union association ncua and was founded in 1950 . contents 1 history 2 membership 2.1 chief executive officer ceo 3 wholly owned subsidiaries 4 community service 5 references 6 external links history edit merck sharp & dohme federal credit union was founded in 1950 as the drug workers federal credit union to serve the employees of sharp & dohme . in 1954 the name was changed to sharp & dohme federal credit union . then in 1956 the name was changed to merck sharp & dohme employees federal credit union to reflect sharp & dohme s merger . in 1963 msdfcu moved from its philadelphia location to merck s new west point facility . 3 in 1993 msdfcu opened its first stand alone branch in lansdale pennsylvania to serve employees who found it difficult to access the plant site offices and enabled the credit union to offer saturday hours . in 2006 the second stand alone branch was opened as part of strategic decision to build msdfcu s operation center in chalfont pennsylvania to house the growing staff and members living in the central bucks area . to offer access to the growing families of merck employees and merck retirees two additional branches were opened in 2009 harleysville pa and 2015 collegeville pa . 4 5 membership edit employees or members of merck sharp & dohme fcu affiliated organizations segs can join the credit union as can immediate family members of current members . 4 the credit union s main sponsor is merck & co. but the credit union is also affiliated with over two hundred other organizations . as of 2016 merck sharp & dohme federal credit union has over 28 000 members . 6 7 merck sharp & dohme federal credit union ; chalfont pa branch chief executive officer ceo edit david whitehead 1997 present wholly owned subsidiaries edit new britain mortgage is a wholly owned subsidiary of merck sharp & dohme federal credit union that provides mortgages to members and non members in the state of pennsylvania . 8 cu abstract provides title insurance services and creates closings that favor the credit union philosophy . 9 community service edit merck sharp & dohme federal credit union is involved in local philanthropic and financial education activities . its largest annual fundraisers include the annual charity golf outing the annual charity cow plop and annual raymond o. hoffman award which recognizes the youth who are active in their communities by rewarding them with scholarship money 5 . citation needed references edit merck sharp & dohme federal credit union march 2007 . december 2007 advisor newsletter pdf . retrieved 2008 02 24 . ncua form 5300 statement of financial condition . national credit union administration . december 2007 . retrieved 2008 02 24 . 1 2 3 msd fcu affiliates merck sharp & dohme spring 2016 prescrption pdf . merck sharp & dohme federal credit union . merck sharp & dohme federal credit union . retrieved april 2016 . check date values in access date help https msdfcu.mortgagewebcenter.com http www.cuabstract.com external links edit official website http www.usacreditunions.com merck sharp dohme federal credit union 6574 part of a series on financial services banking types of banks advising central commercial community development cooperative credit union custodian depository export credit agency investment industrial merchant mutual savings national offshore postal savings private public retail savings savings and loan universal lists of banks accounts cards accounts deposit money market savings time deposit bond transaction checking current cards atm credit debit funds transfer electronic bill payment wire cheque swift automated clearing house giro banking terms automatic teller machine bank regulation loan money creation anonymous banking ethical banking fractional reserve banking islamic banking private banking related topics financial market participants corporate finance personal finance public finance financial regulation list of banks v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title merck sharp % 26 dohme federal credit union & oldid 741120527 categories credit unions based in pennsylvaniahidden categories cs1 errors dateswikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from june 2016articles with topics of unclear notability from june 2016all articles with topics of unclear notabilityarticles lacking reliable references from june 2016all articles lacking reliable referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from june 2016 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 25 september 2016 at 14 25 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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