security service federal credit union type credit union industry financial services founded 1956 headquarters 16211 la cantera parkway san antonio texas united states number of locations 70 37 service centers in texas ; 19 in colorado ; 14 in utah 2011 area served south texas and el paso limited areas in colorado and utah key people col. james jim o farrell ret . chairman 1 jim laffoon president services savings ; checking ; consumer loans ; mortgages ; credit cards ; investments number of employees 1 675 full time ; 184 part time 2 subsidiaries ssfcu cuso cu direct corporation cu cooperative systems cu service network of colorado 2 website http www.ssfcu.org security service federal credit union ssfcu is a federally insured federally chartered 8 billion 3 natural person credit union with more than 925 000 members operating from 70 service centers in the u.s. states of texas colorado and utah . ssfcu is the largest credit union in san antonio texas 3rd largest in colorado and the 8th largest in the united states with access to more than 5 000 credit union locations nationwide through cu service centers shared branching . 4 the routing number for security service federal credit union is 314088637 . 5 contents 1 history 2 mergers and acquisitions 3 membership 4 services 5 naming rights 6 references 7 external links history edit security service federal credit union began in 1956 with eight members and 25 in deposits . this not for profit member owned financial institution was founded to serve the financial needs of the u.s. air force security service . the credit union charter has expanded to serve more than 925 000 members and more than 2 400 ways to join including several geographic locations . mergers and acquisitions edit mergers initiated by other credit unions and some facilitated by the national credit union administration have helped expand the ssfcu field of membership and also responsible for the credit union entry into colorado and utah . a merger with the fort carson federal credit union in 1980 brought security service to colorado springs and pueblo co with the merger of mt. carmel credit union in 1989 . in 2004 ssfcu acquired diakonia credit union in denver colorado which added their presence in the denver market . in 2007 security service acquired new horizons community credit union in denver colorado further expanding the denver area with 4 new service centers and diocese of corpus christi credit union in corpus christi texas establishing a service center in the coastal bend area of texas . also in 2007 ssfcu merged with kilowatt federal credit union in harlingen texas with 2 service centers in the rio grande valley . in 2008 ssfcu merged with horizon credit union in portland texas adding 3 additional coastal bend locations and bexar county teacher s federal credit union in san antonio texas their first location in downtown san antonio . 2009 brought the credit union with two more acquisitions another credit union in the denver area aurora catholic credit union and its first presence known in west texas appropriately named west texas credit union in el paso tx . 6 during the late 2000s recession ssfcu acquired the struggling norbel credit union of colorado and its 16 000 members in a liquidation process . the norbel board of directors selected security service to be its acquirer judging it to be extremely well suited to serve its members . 7 in december 2010 the ncua approved security service s offer to assume salt lake city s beehive credit union s assets making its first presence in the cities of salt lake city provo riverton sandy south jordan and st. george utah . in february 2011 security service fcu also acquired family first federal credit union of orem utah . in addition to orem security service added locations in pleasant grove springville american fork payson and lindon utah to its network of service centers . 8 may 1974 san antonio air guard cu san antonio tx april 1975 camp stanley cu uvalde tx march 1980 ft. carson fcu ft. carson co april 1983 honey capital cu uvalde tx september 1986 southwest methodist fcu san antonio tx july 1987 metrotech cu san antonio tx october 1987 joske s fcu san antonio tx february 1989 mt. carmel cu catholic pueblo co march 1989 bordens dairy cu san antonio tx february 1993 san antonio light credit union san antonio tx september 2004 diakonia cu denver co july 2007 diocese of corpus christi fcu corpus christi tx new horizon community cu denver co august 2007 kilowatt fcu harlingen tx january 2008 horizon fcu portland tx december 2008 bexar county teachers fcu san antonio tx march 2009 aurora catholic fcu aurora co october 2009 west texas credit union el paso tx july 2010 norbel credit union fort collins co december 2010 beehive credit union salt lake city ut february 2011 family first federal credit union orem ut membership edit a wide range of military government school religious and business organizations are select employee groups segs eligible for ssfcu membership . additionally persons who live work or worship in the following communities qualify 9 texas communities atascosa county texas boerne texas cameron county texas corpus christi texas hidalgo county texas inside loop 410 medina county texas south bexar county texas uvalde county texas colorado communities southern el paso county colorado pueblo county colorado denver county colorado employees & contractors at fort carson and various other segs utah communities salt lake county utah utah county utah st. george area chamber of commerce members including organizations associations and businesses of the st. george area chamber of commerce and their employees as well as employees of the st. george area chamber of commerce member of the utah national guard employees of state of utah members employees of the chiropractic profession who hold license to practice in the state of utah family members of current members are also welcome to join . services edit security service federal credit union offers these services checking accounts and related including debit cards savings accounts certificates of deposit iras consumer loans of all kinds lines of credit loc credit cards auto loans car loans motorcycle loans etc. home equity loans and home equity lines of credit mortgages federally insured student loans direct deposit home banking naming rights edit security service federal credit union purchased the naming rights to security service field in colorado springs colorado . references edit security service federal credit union march 2012 . security service announces 2012 volunteer board of directors . retrieved 2012 03 28 . a b ncua form 5300 statement of financial condition . may 2011 . retrieved 2011 . check date values in access date help facts about security service facts about security service routing number antonio san 2009 10 01 . security service buys el paso credit union . norbel closes and assets sold security service fcu acquires family first federal credit union https www.ssfcu.org en us services join pages default.aspx 1 ways to join external links edit security service credit union official site security service federal credit union statistics v t e city of san antonio nickname alamo city attractions the alamo alamo cenotaph la antorcha de la amistad basilica of the national shrine of the little flower cathedral of san fernando hemisfair 68 houston street retama park racetrack san antonio zoo tower of the americas tower life building museums artpace blue star contemporary art museum briscoe western art museum casa navarro state historic site fort sam houston museum gallista gas gallery guadalupe cultural arts center guinness world records utsa institute of texan cultures mcnay art museum museo alameda museum of aerospace medicine o. henry house museum ripley s believe it or not san antonio academy museum san antonio museum of art barney smith s toilet seat art museum southwest school of art spanish governor s palace edward steves homestead texas air museum texas transportation museum united states army medical department museum witte museum yturri edmunds historic site see also list of museums in central texas entertainment alamodome arneson river theater at & t center aztec on the river fiesta noche del rio fiesta san antonio freeman coliseum majestic theatre morgan s wonderland nelson w. wolff stadium san antonio missions baseball san antonio rampage san antonio scorpions san antonio spurs san antonio stars san antonio stock show & rodeo san antonio symphony san antonio talons santikos theatres seaworld six flags fiesta texas splashtown texas folklife festival toyota field tobin center for the performing arts san antonio municipal auditorium companies christus santa rosa iheartmedia visionworks of america firstmark credit union frost bank harte hanks h e b m7 aerospace newtek rackspace san antonio express news sas shoemakers sas saws security service federal credit union swbc tesoro toyota motor 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