credit union type credit union industry financial services founded 1934 headquarters west jordan utah united states key people sterling nielsen president ceo h. floyd tanner chairman products savings ; checking ; consumer loans ; mortgages ; credit cards ; online banking total assets 4.479 b q12015 website macu.com mountain america credit union is a federally chartered credit union headquartered in west jordan utah regulated under the authority of the national credit union administration ncua . mountain america credit union is the second largest credit union in utah . it is also the 12th largest credit union nationally by membership and the 24th largest by total assets . as of march 2015 mountain america had 4.479 billion in assets 522 661 members native 82 branches and more than 5 000 shared branch locations available . history edit mountain america credit union is a member owned not for profit full service financial institution providing savings checking consumer financing insurance retirement planning business services and sba loans . mountain america is a federally chartered credit union regulated by the national credit union administration ncua an agency of the federal government . savings are federally insured to at least 250 000 per account and are backed by the full faith and credit of the united states government . mountain america was founded in 1934 as the utah telephone credit union to serve telephone workers from at & t mountain bell salt lake telephone and western electric . in may 1984 the credit union changed its name to mountain america credit union . later that year mountain america absorbed postal workers credit union and entra credit union . in 1988 mountain america merged with utah state credit union becoming the second largest credit union in utah and setting our course as a modern full service financial institution . due to a hostile environment created by utah lawmakers namely a 5 % proposed tax on the 3 largest credit unions in utah mountain america converted from a state chartered to a federally chartered credit union in 2003 becoming mountain america federal credit union . 1 mountain america s membership is open to residents of salt lake duchesne wasatch and uintah counties and their families as well as members of affiliated associations and employees of select employee groups . some of their select employer group seg 2 affiliations include some of the world s largest companies and associations including marriott international the national consumer council and walmart . today their extensive network of branches and atms spans much of the intermountain west including utah nevada arizona idaho and new mexico . they also belong to an extensive shared branching network as well as several atm networks including the co op network which allows members to complete surcharge free transactions at almost 30 000 atms nationwide . mountain america donated 25 000 through the world council of credit unions to fund relief efforts in peru after the 2007 earthquake there . 3 references edit likes being a fed but ... banking wire . 19 march 2004 . 1 mountain america select employer groups . worth noting . banking wire . 7 september 2007 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mountain america credit union & oldid 665374540 categories credit unions based in utahbanks established in 19341934 establishments in utahhidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersuse dmy dates from september 2010 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 3 june 2015 at 20 29 . 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