union type credit union industry financial services founded 1940 headquarters surrey british columbia canada key people don coulter president and ceo net income 62.0 million cad 2014 1 total assets 17.0 billion cad 2014 2 number of employees 1 600 2014 3 website coastcapitalsavings.com coast capital savings credit union is a member owned financial co operative headquartered in surrey british columbia . by membership it is the largest credit union in canada with 535 000 members and 17.1 billion in assets . coast capital savings has 50 branches in the metro vancouver fraser valley and vancouver island regions of british columbia . 4 contents 1 history 2 community initiatives 3 awards and distinctions 4 external links 5 references history edit coast capital savings found its beginnings in 1940 as a co operative of bc government employees later emerging as pacific coast savings credit union throughout a series of mergers of local vancouver island credit unions . seven years later surrey metro savings and richmond savings were formed in the lower mainland of british columbia . 5 coast capital savings credit union was created out of a merger on december 31 2000 between pacific coast savings credit union and richmond savings credit union . in june 2002 coast capital savings merged with surrey metro savings expanding the reach of the credit union from vancouver island to the fraser valley . 6 7 in the years that followed the merger with surrey metro savings coast capital savings has seen membership growth from 300 000 members in 2002 to 522 000 members in 2015 . the asset base of the credit union has doubled from 6.1 billion to 12.6 billion between 2002 and 2012 . 6 community initiatives edit coast capital savings has a focus on youth in their work with the community promoting the development of financial literacy academic success sound social belonging within the community and stable mental health . coast capital savings invests 7 % of pre taxed profits to programs that support youth in those areas . 8 notable initiatives of the credit union include the canadian cancer society s cops for cancer campaign the university of british columbia s innovation hub cknw s pink shirt day 9 and the united way of victoria s youth in action program . 10 awards and distinctions edit 2015 giving hearts outstanding corporation award vancouver chapter of the association of fundraising professionals afp november 2015 11 top corporate culture award waterstone human capital november 2014 12 member of canada s best managed companies platinum club 2000 2014 13 bc s top employers award canada s top employers february 2014 14 united way top contributor award united way lower mainland march 2013 10 top chief financial officer in british columbia awarded to don coulter ceo business in vancouver magazine 2013 15 external links edit coast capital savings website references edit coast capital savings has record year . vancouver sun . march 6 2013 . coast capital achieves record net income and half million membership milestone press release . surrey bc coast capital savings . march 5 2013 . retrieved 2013 05 14 . coast capital savings 2012 annual report about us coast capital savings credit union annual report . www.coastcapitalsavings.com . retrieved 2016 01 12 . credit unions university of victoria . www.uvic.ca . retrieved 2016 01 12 . a b coast capital savings credit union our history . www.coastcapitalsavings.com . retrieved 2016 01 12 . two big b.c. credit unions plan to merge . www.cbc.ca . retrieved 2016 01 12 . coast capital savings credit union our community impact . www.coastcapitalsavings.com . retrieved 2016 01 12 . coast capital savings credit union partnerships and events . www.coastcapitalsavings.com . retrieved 2016 01 12 . a b youth engagement united way . united way . retrieved 2016 01 12 . outstanding corporation afp vancouver association of fundraising professionals vancouver chapter . www.afpvancouver.org . retrieved 2016 01 12 . full winners . www.canadasmostadmired.com . retrieved 2016 01 12 . coast capital savings credit union coast capital receives national mark of excellence as a best managed company for 14th year . www.coastcapitalsavings.com . retrieved 2016 01 12 . bc s top employers . www.canadastop100.com . retrieved 2016 01 12 . business in vancouver unveils 2013 cfo of the year winners . business in vancouver . retrieved 2016 01 12 . v t e banks and credit unions in canada banks big five bank of montreal canadian imperial bank of commerce president s choice financial royal bank of canada scotiabank tangerine toronto dominion bank td canada trust other banks amex bank of canada bridgewater bank business development bank of canada canadian tire financial services canadian western bank citibank canada citizens bank of canada equitable bank first nations bank of canada hsbc bank canada icici bank canada laurentian bank of canada manulife bank of canada meridian bank national bank of canada rogers bank versabank 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