citizens equity first credit union not a bank . better . type credit union industry financial services founded 1937 headquarters peoria illinois united states number of locations 23 member centers 2014 area served illinois california key people brad c. arnold chairman mark a. spenny president ceo matthew j. mamer coo services savings ; checking ; consumer loans ; mortgages ; credit cards ; investments net income us 14 939 000 2014 1 number of employees 790 full time ; 27 part time 2 subsidiaries cefcu financial services 3 website cefcu.com citizens equity first credit union is a federally insured credit union based in peoria illinois commonly referred to by its registered trademark cefcu . cefcu was founded in 1937 to serve the employees of caterpillar tractor company . it began as caterpillar employees credit union cecu with a state credit union charter then switched to a federal credit union charter and the name cefcu caterpillar employees federal credit union . upon legally separating from caterpillar cefcu changed its acronym to more accurately reflect membership eligibility ; first to construction equipment federal credit union and later to citizens equity federal credit union . cefcu returned to an illinois state credit union charter in 2000 keeping the acronym cefcu citizens equity first credit union and maintaining federal deposit share insurance under the national credit union share insurance fund . 4 cefcu membership criteria allow employees of caterpillar inc. and caterpillar dealers partner companies those working for about 550 specific companies with a cefcu relationship plus individuals who live or work in fourteen central illinois counties or who live work or worship in three california counties to belong to the credit union . 5 individuals living or working in the following illinois counties are eligible for cefcu membership fulton knox livingston logan mclean macon marshall mason peoria putnam sangamon stark tazewell and woodford . individuals who live work or worship in santa clara alameda and contra costa counties are all eligible to join cefcu as well . 1 references edit a b citizens equity first credit union 2015 12 04 . 2014 annual report pdf . retrieved 2015 12 04 . ncua form 5300 statement of financial condition . national credit union administration . december 2014 . retrieved 2015 12 04 . ncua form 5300 statement of financial condition . national credit union administration . december 2014 . retrieved 2015 12 04 . citizens equity first credit union 2001 04 27 . 2000 annual report pdf . retrieved 2010 05 13 . about us membership . citizens equity first credit union . retrieved 2015 12 04 . v t e caterpillar inc. subsidiaries bitelli s.p.a. bucyrus erie electro motive diesel lincoln industries maschinenbau kiel mitsubishi caterpillar forklifts mitsubishi caterpillar forklift america mitsubishi caterpillar forklift europe b.v. mwm gmbh perkins engines progress rail services pyroban solar turbines trackson holt manufacturing best manufacturing company holt gas electric tank holt tractor people clarence leo best daniel best benjamin holt george h. prudden products armored bulldozer caterpillar 345c l caterpillar 924g caterpillar 930g caterpillar 740 ejector caterpillar 777 caterpillar 789 caterpillar 797 caterpillar 797b caterpillar 797f caterpillar c13 caterpillar cs 533e cat ct660 caterpillar d2 caterpillar d4 caterpillar d5 caterpillar d6 caterpillar d7 caterpillar d8 caterpillar d9 caterpillar d10 caterpillar d11 caterpillar sixty caterpillar twenty two challenger tractor idf caterpillar d9 m520 goer solar t62 dealerships finning westrac related caterpillar inc. v. lewis caterpillar construction tycoon citizens equity first credit union continuous track pekin lettes this article about a financial services corporation of the united states is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title citizens equity first credit union & oldid 729872473 categories companies based in peoria illinoisbanks established in 1937credit unions based in illinoiscaterpillar inc.united states financial services company stubshidden categories all stub articles 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 15 july 2016 at 04 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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