financial services founded penticton & district credit union 1947 valley first credit union 1983 valley first credit union and envision financial 1946 merged as first west credit union 2010 headquarters penticton british columbia canada key people paulette rennie president revenue 206.6 million cad 2014 net income 32.0 million cad 2014 total assets 9.8 billion cad jan. 1 2015 number of employees 1 759 2015 website valleyfirst.com valley first a division of first west credit union is based in british columbia canada . founded in penticton in 1947 as the penticton and district credit union valley first was established in 1983 following a period of expansion through the okanagan and similkameen valleys . valley first continued its growth into the kelowna market throughout the 1990s before amalgamating with the armstrong spallumcheen savings and credit union and buying the kcp credit union in kamloops in 2001 . 1 in 2008 valley first entered into discussions with langley based envision financial to merge with one another and develop a new financial services organization for western canada . in september 2009 members at both credit unions voted in favour of the merger proposal and on jan. 1 2010 envision financial and valley first merged to become first west credit union . in 2013 enderby & district credit union joined first west credit union followed by island savings credit union in 2015 . the credit union s members have access to 53 branches and 40 insurance offices throughout b.c. the credit union has approximately 10 billion in assets more than 1 700 employees and more than 240 000 members . the credit union is the third largest credit union in b.c. and the fifth largest in canada . 2 valley first enderby & district financial envision financial and island savings continue operating as divisions of first west retaining their existing brand names in their respective markets . contents 1 overview 2 merger 3 membership 4 references 5 external links overview edit valley first has a network of 16 branches and 11 insurance offices throughout the okanagan similkameen and thompson valleys . its regional administration centre is located in penticton . a number of the credit union s subsidiary businesses operate under the valley first name including valley first insurance services and valley first investment services . in 2010 valley first launched its signature cause feed the valley . feed the valley is a unique hunger fighting initiative that aims to raise food funds and awareness for food banks in the valley first trade area . 3 with the ultimate goal of eliminating hunger in the okanagan similkameen and thompson valleys feed the valley has raised more than 615 000 and 56 000 pounds of food in three years and been recognized nationally as a leading corporate citizenship program . 4 merger edit in 2008 valley first entered into discussions with langley based envision credit union to merge with one another and develop a new financial services organization for western canada . in september 2009 members at both credit unions voted in favour of the merger proposal and on jan. 1 2010 valley first and envision merged to become first west credit union . 5 6 membership edit valley first is a division of first west credit union which is a member of central 1 credit union and is registered with the credit union deposit insurance corporation of bc . references edit https www.valleyfirst.com personal aboutus ourorganization ourhistory http www.cucentral.ca top1004q11 largest credit unions success stories feed the valley central 1 credit union news releases valley first credit union merges with envision kelowna.com merger creates b.c. s third largest credit union external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title valley first & oldid 740843378 categories first west credit unionfinancial institutionspentictoncompanies based in british columbia 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 23 september 2016 at 17 22 . 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