union type credit union industry financial services founded 1931 headquarters madison wisconsin usa key people paul j. kundert president and chief executive officer 1 products savings ; checking ; consumer loans ; mortgages ; credit cards ; investments ; online banking total assets 2.2 billion usd 2 number of employees 505 3 website uwcu.org the university of wisconsin credit union doing business as uw credit union is a credit union headquartered in madison wisconsin . as of august 2016 uw credit union has over 214 000 members with over 2 billion in assets and is the fourth largest credit union in the state of wisconsin . 4 uw credit union currently operates 23 full service branches in madison milwaukee whitewater green bay oshkosh and stevens point wisconsin . it also provides more than 100 surcharge free atms in wisconsin . uw credit union provides an array of financial services including educational loans mortgages consumer loans checking savings and investment products credit and debit cards . uw credit union also provides the following electronic services web branch online banking online bill payment touchtone teller phone service direct deposit and atms . contents 1 history 2 membership eligibility 3 references 4 external links history edit founded in 1931 by six university of wisconsin madison professors in the basement of the uw student housing bureau it was originally known as the university faculty credit union ufcu . in 1970 the name was changed to the university of wisconsin credit union . membership eligibility edit membership in the uw credit union is open to any of the students faculty staff and alumni of the university of wisconsin system including all 26 campuses and the university of wisconsin extension as well as their immediate family and households . likewise edgewood college students faculty staff alumni are eligible to join . people who have worked for the wisconsin interscholastic athletic association covance clinical research units and members of the community that live work or attend school within 5 miles 8 km of a branch are also welcome to be members . references edit uw credit union governance . retrieved december 31 2009 . statistics for federally insured credit unions . retrieved may 7 2009 . about uw credit union . retrieved december 31 2009 . gores paul august 18 2011 . new uw credit union branch will be built . milwaukee journal sentinel . retrieved december 31 2011 . external links edit official web site branch locations university of wisconsin credit union assets and statistics retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title uw credit union & oldid 738419226 categories credit unions based in wisconsinuniversity of wisconsin systemcompanies based in madison wisconsinbanks established in 1931american companies established in 19311931 establishments in wisconsinhidden categories use mdy dates from december 2011 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 8 september 2016 at 21 06 . 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