credit union type credit union industry financial services founded 1948 headquarters anchorage alaska united states key people bill murray chair bob teachworth ceo products savings ; checking ; consumer loans ; mortgages ; credit cards total assets 600m usd number of employees 350 website www.denalifcu.org denali federal credit union is a credit union based in anchorage alaska united states . the credit union serves communities throughout alaska and washington . it is the third largest credit union in alaska . 1 denali federal credit union has grown to add denali home loans denali alaskan insurance denali investment services and denali business lending and business service to their list of services . contents 1 history 2 ncua insurance of member accounts 3 references 4 external links history edit the city of anchorage employees federal credit union was chartered on december 6 1948 . charter 5912 2 was issued by the bureau of federal credit unions which was part of the department of health education and welfare within the social security administration . the credit union began with eight members and 40 in assets . this credit union was the forerunner to today s denali federal credit union still operating under charter number 5912 . the alaska railroad federal credit union charter 6244 another predecessor to denali was chartered in july 1949 and brought under charter member 5912 . over the years a number of credit unions were chartered or merged with existing alaska credit unions to create what became denali alaskan federal credit union in 1997 the teamsters federal credit union is formed in january 1964 . the anchorage natural gas employees fcu merges with alaskan employees fcu in 1975 and the name of the credit union was changed to alaska municipal employees fcu amefcu . the chugach electric association fcu merged with amefcu in 1977 . the western trades fcu merges with amefcu in 1982 ; the subsequent credit union changes its name to alaskan federal credit union in 1984 . the alaska feminist credit union merges its field of membership with alaskan fcu in 1985 . the alaska railroad and teamster federal credit unions merge to form denali fcu in 1986 . denali and alaskan federal credit unions merge on january 1 1997 to form denali alaskan federal credit union . the combined assets of the credit union exceed 400 million and service extends to more than 55 000 members in alaska and the lower 48 . on jan. 1 2016 denali alaskan dropped alaskan from its name to become denali federal credit union . membership is reported at more than 65 000 members and assets are 600 million . ncua insurance of member accounts edit as of october 3 2008 national credit union administration increased member account insurance from the national credit union share insurance fund to 250 000 from 100 000 . in may 2009 the member account insurance amount of 250 000 was extended to 2013 . 3 on september 27 2010 the ncua made permanent the 250 000 limit . 4 references edit from the alaska business monthly article http www.allbusiness.com north america united states alaska 643024 1.html from the ncua website you can link to show denali alaskan s charter number . info on dafcu at http webapps.ncua.gov cgi bin cudataexpanded.cgi charter 5912 & cfserver reports.ncua.gov . ncua press release http www.ncua.gov news press releases 2009 mr09 0526.htm ncua press release http ncua.gov news press releases 2010 mr10 0917boardmakes250kinsurancepermanent.pdf external links edit official website denali home loans denali alaskan investment services denali alaskan insurance retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title denali federal credit union & oldid 733203520 categories 1948 establishments in alaskaalaska railroadbanks established in 1948companies based in anchorage alaskacredit unions based in alaskanon profit organizations based in anchorage alaska 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 6 august 2016 at 04 34 . 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