needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . april 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message partners federal credit union type credit union industry financial services founded 1968 headquarters burbank california united states area served walt disney company employees and their families products savings ; checking ; consumer loans ; mortgages ; credit cards ; online banking total assets 1b usd number of employees 315 1 website partnersfcu.org partners federal credit union is a federally chartered credit union with corporate headquarters in burbank california . the not for profit financial cooperative offers membership to employees and cast members of the walt disney company and their family members . as of december 2011 the credit union has eight branches in excess of 96 000 members and over 1 billion in assets . contents 1 history 2 membership eligibility 3 references 4 external links history edit the credit union was formed in 1968 at the request of a group of disneyland park cast members and when first chartered was called the drc federal credit union . drc was an acronym for the disneyland recreational club which was a precursor to the disneyland resort s current cast activities department . the offices moved a number of times before relocating off disneyland s traditional premises the first office was a couple of rooms behind the camera shop on main street . al yee a disneyland accountant was the first member and had account number 1 until his death . the drc building in the 1970s was a double wide temporary building externally decorated with contemporary studio look with planter boxes and wood exterior . it was located in the center of the employees backstage area east of main street u.s.a. west of the original park s administration building and south of the current location of space mountain what was then called the temporary tomorrowland stage . sometime before the end of 1977 the building was moved to the area just inside of the tall chainlink fence on harbor blvd and a bit north of the original employee entry what disneyland security called harbor house for the employees parking lot that was on the east side of the original property . in the 1970s drc federal credit union changed its name to disneyland employees federal credit union . in the 1980s at the request of ceo michael eisner the credit union was asked to stop using the name disneyland so the name was changed once again to partners federal credit union . partners merged with vista federal credit union in november 2007 . vista fcu which was established in 1960 prior to partners also served walt disney company cast members and employees primarily of the walt disney studios in burbank california and walt disney world resort in lake buena vista florida . membership eligibility edit originally membership in partners fcu was limited to walt disney company employees working in orange county california . when the walt disney company took over management of the rms queen mary in long beach in 1988 employees working for that attraction were added to the field of membership . in 2001 the field of membership for partners fcu was expanded to cover any employee or cast member working for the walt disney company in the united states . references edit partners federal credit union financial profile . credit unions online . external links edit official partners fcu website v t e the walt disney company company timeline retlaw enterprises criticism company officials founders walter elias disney roy oliver disney executives bob iger ceo alan n. braverman sevp gc christine mccarthy cfo board of directors susan arnold john s. chen jack dorsey bob iger chairman fred langhammer aylwin lewis monica c. lozano robert matschullat mark parker sheryl sandberg orin c. smith independent lead walt disney studios walt disney animation studios walt 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