credit union industry financial services founded 1936 headquarters albuquerque new mexico united states key people judy cartmell chairman terry laudick president ceo products savings ; checking ; consumer loans ; mortgages ; credit cards ; online banking total assets 1.7 b usd 2016 website nusenda.org nusenda credit union is a federally chartered credit union headquartered in albuquerque new mexico and regulated under the authority of the national credit union administration ncua . nusenda credit union is the largest credit union by membership in new mexico . 1 as of 2015 nusenda credit union had more than 1.5 billion in assets more than 150 000 members and 16 branches from taos to socorro . nusenda credit union serves employees of educational institutions along with more than 400 other local businesses systems and organizations operating under multiple common bonds . member deposits up to 250 000 are insured by ncua through the national credit union share insurance fund . nusenda credit union donates to charities and organizations in its communities . in 2007 the credit union assisted the university of new mexico in establishing a wireless network on their main campus . 2 they opened a credit union branch in atrisco heritage academy to promote financial literacy in 2010 . history edit the credit union was founded in 1936 as the albuquerque public schools federal credit union . its field of membership grew to include employees of albuquerque technical vocational institute in 1968 . ten years later employees of the university of new mexico and university hospital were added . to reflect its changed membership the credit union changed its name to new mexico educators federal credit union in 1982 . members of la monta ita food co op became eligible for membership in 1984 . new mexico educators federal credit union continued to grow its assets and membership over the years and built new branches . 3 in february 2015 the credit union changed its name again to nusenda credit union 4 after collecting member feedback about its name for more than a decade and conducting more than a year of in depth research . citation needed references edit munro thomas . members first . new mexico business weekly . 12 september 2008 . carr steve . new mexico educators federal credit union helps complete unm s wireless initiative with a gift . university of new mexico . 13 february 2007 . robinson avila kevin . growth spurt for credit unions but will rising interest rates bring growing pains new mexico business weekly . 28 august 2009 . rayburn rosalie 10 february 2015 . credit union changes name image . albuquerque journal . retrieved 20 february 2015 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title nusenda credit union & oldid 742972650 categories credit unions based in new mexicobanks established in 1936hidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from april 2015 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 7 october 2016 at 00 16 . 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