Service Credit Union
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Service Credit Union is the largest credit union
in New Hampshire
. It was founded in 1957 as Portsmouth Air Force Base Credit Union, to serve military and civilian employees at Pease Air Force Base; in 1968, it expanded its services to West Germany
, opening a branch office for American personnel stationed at Ramstein Air Base
.
As of 2009, Service Credit Union has 34 locations (17 in New Hampshire, 1 in Massachusetts, and 16 throughout Germany). It serves residents of New Hampshire (except Coos County
) and of four towns in Cape Cod
, all members of all branches of the United States Military and their families, and all employees of the United States Department of Defense and their families.
Credit union
A credit union is a cooperative financial institution that is owned and controlled by its members and operated for the purpose of promoting thrift, providing credit at competitive rates, and providing other financial services to its members...
in New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
. It was founded in 1957 as Portsmouth Air Force Base Credit Union, to serve military and civilian employees at Pease Air Force Base; in 1968, it expanded its services to West Germany
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
, opening a branch office for American personnel stationed at Ramstein Air Base
Ramstein Air Base
Ramstein Air Base is a United States Air Force base in the German state of Rheinland-Pfalz. It serves as headquarters for the United States Air Forces in Europe and is also a North Atlantic Treaty Organization installation...
.
As of 2009, Service Credit Union has 34 locations (17 in New Hampshire, 1 in Massachusetts, and 16 throughout Germany). It serves residents of New Hampshire (except Coos County
Coos County, New Hampshire
-National protected areas:*Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge *Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge *White Mountain National Forest -Demographics:...
) and of four towns in Cape Cod
Cape Cod
Cape Cod, often referred to locally as simply the Cape, is a cape in the easternmost portion of the state of Massachusetts, in the Northeastern United States...
, all members of all branches of the United States Military and their families, and all employees of the United States Department of Defense and their families.