credit union type credit union industry financial services founded 1935 headquarters 2930 eisenhower ave alexandria virginia 22314 united states number of locations 31 area served air force army coast guard department of homeland security department of defense defense related companies the veterans of foreign wars and their families key people edward b cody board of directors chairman james schenck president products savings ; checking ; consumer loans ; mortgages ; credit cards ; investments website penfed.org pentagon federal credit union widely known by its abbreviated name penfed is a united states federal credit union headquartered in alexandria virginia chartered and regulated under the authority of the national credit union administration ncua . penfed is the nation s third largest federal credit union with assets of over 19 billion and approximately 1.4 million members as of november 2014 . in addition to a variety of loans savings and deposit accounts penfed also offers credit cards 1 and other financial services . contents 1 membership 2 competition 3 locations 4 references 5 external links membership edit as with all credit unions membership in pentagon federal credit union is limited to individuals sharing the common bond defined in its credit union charter . the field of membership at pentagon federal credit union is active duty members from the u.s. army u.s navy u.s. marine corps u.s. air force and u.s. coast guard . reserve and national guard members . retired members of active duty reserves and the national guard . current and retired employees of the department of defense . current and retired agents of department of homeland security current and retired employees of the united states public health service employees and volunteers of the american red cross members of the national military family association members of the air force association members of the united states coast guard auxiliary members of the military officers association of america members of paralyzed veterans of america members of the united states army warrant officers association members of the marine corps league members of the navy league of the united states members of the reserve officers association members of jewish war veterans of the united states of america members of veterans of foreign wars members of vietnam veterans of america pentagon building employees employees of the transpotomac plaza or canal center in alexandria va individuals who are assigned to work at or receive benefits from any defense or military based institution family members of those in the field of membership including grandparents parents spouse siblings children including adopted foster and stepchildren grandchildren and household members family members and employees of pentagon federal credit union itself competition edit pentagon federal is among a few financial services companies which specialize in serving the military it competes with other military credit unions such as navy federal credit union as well as with some large banks including bank of america military bank and usaa . locations edit branches are located in the washington d.c. area ; hawaii ; new york ; north carolina ; texas ; and at military bases in guam japan portugal and puerto rico . pentagon federal operates three call centers including omaha nebraska 2 eugene oregon and puerto rico . in 2003 pentagon federal joined allpoint a surcharge free network of automated teller machines . 3 references edit new rules won t affect all credit cards the same way card issuers warn of high fees under new law but credit unions largely unaffected . marketwatch . may 26 2009 . retrieved 2009 11 16 . pentagon federal credit union expands in omaha . nebraska.tv . july 8 2009 . retrieved 2009 11 16 . pentagon federal credit union joins national surcharge free atm network ; members gain convenient access at 23 000 well known retail outlets . . pentagon federal credit union press release via pr newswire . april 2 2003 . retrieved 2009 11 16 . external links edit official website national credit union administration retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pentagon federal credit union & oldid 733305425 categories credit unions based in virginiacompanies based in alexandria virginiabanks established in 19351935 establishments in virginiaprivately held companies in the united states 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 fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 6 august 2016 at 21 32 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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