Ed Montermini, 一个年轻的, 最近结婚的政府雇员, 他在奥林匹亚买了一栋小房子，需要别人帮忙付500美元的首付. Because of his short tenure with the state, he couldn't find a lender that would help him. 这个简单的困境开始了一段旅程，最终导致了WSECU的成立. Ed今天仍然是会员. 7月16日, 1957, WSECU获得了特许状, 使Local 443的成员能够加入信用合作社. 去年12月，会员总数达到65个.
1958
成员扩大到包括所有国家雇员, 华盛顿州雇员协会, 华盛顿州雇员联合会和WSECU的雇员. 去年12月，公司宣布首次派发股息(3.5%).
这十年开始时，我们有1293名会员和19.8万美元的资产.
1967
资产已经增长到5美元.500万年.
1969
建立了债券计划, 给至少有5美元的会员,有机会在没有担保的情况下借钱.
在70年代初，我们有11534名会员和8美元.资产400万. 在整个十年中, 我们开了四家分店:西雅图, 医疗湖, 斯波坎和普尔曼, 分别.
1973
我们通过合并欢迎芬兰信用社的成员. 我们还开设了医疗湖分公司.
1977
Assets had risen to $36 million and corporate headquarters moved to a larger space. 耶团队!
1978
我们在斯波坎和普尔曼开了分店.
1979
换句话说，我们的股票起草部成立了, 我们开始了提供支票账户的程序.
80年代初，有39688名会员，资产跃升至5200万美元. We also installed our first in-house computer system and piloted our checking account program.
1981
“全民储蓄存单”的价格高达12英镑.61%!
1984
我们成为了该州第八大信用合作社，拥有7000万美元的资产. Our Chehalis branch was established as a result of a merger with Lewis County Employees CU. 我们开设了大学分校.
1985
我们庆祝资产突破1亿美元.
1986
我们的铂尔曼大酒店分店开张了.
我们开始提供签证® 卡片.
1987
Our WSECU scholarship program was established to help members achieve the dream of a college education.
1988
We joined forces with New Market Skills Center's Academy of Finance in Tumwater to offer internships to high school 学生s to give them firsthand experience in the workplace.
这十年开始时，该组织只有5.9万多名会员和2.54亿美元的资产.
1990
我们的联络中心成立了.
1991
我们在莱西开了一家分店，第一次在周六营业.
1992
Our Yakima branch opened, establishing a presence in the central part of the state.
1994
我们在西雅图开了分行，推出了借记卡. 华盛顿大学的学生也可以成为会员, 华盛顿州立大学和常青州立学院.
1996
Lacey Credit Union Center, a joint branch with TwinStar Credit Union, was established. 我们还在莱克伍德和普尔曼的CUB分行安装了自动取款机.
1997
自动取款机安装在两个政府部门:运输部和能源部. 我们推出了签证金卡.
1998
我们的斯波坎谷分公司开业了.
新世纪开始了，千年虫问题被证明是一个大问题. 新千年伊始，WSECU有105656名成员. 我们也经历了一些有益的重大变化.
2000
The proposal to expand the field of membership to include public school employees was presented to the Board of Directors, 谁同意了这个建议.
2001
我们的会员范围正式扩大到包括公立学校的员工.
2002
我们建立了我们的第一个品牌承诺, which is a unifying vision for how WSECU seeks to deliver outstanding service to members. 我们推出了透支特权(现为礼金支付)服务.
2003
我们的资产超过了10亿美元. One Washington Financial (our CUSO – Credit Union Service Organization) began offering mortgages to our membership and to members of partner credit unions. 我们还加入了共享分支网络.
2004
Skip-A-Pay是按季节提供的. We introduced our Easy Equity 信贷额度 and expanded our 签证 program to include secured, 学生, 金卡和白金奖励卡. 签证礼品卡可在我们的分支机构购买. Q-Cash也首次亮相.
董事会长期以来的愿景, 穹窿的, 我们的青少年理财教育课程, 启动.
We began our brandwear program for employees to have consistent colors and WSECU logos on business clothing (shirts, 衬衫, 毛衣, 等.).
我们被评为华盛顿最佳工作场所.
我们的马丁路分店开业了.
2005
我们的西奥林匹亚分公司开业了.
2007
我们以多种方式庆祝我们的50周年纪念, including a purchase of property in Olympia for our new corporate headquarters building and a special anniversary logo.
2008
新总部大楼破土动工.
2009
我们的总部和奥林匹亚分公司搬进了美丽的利兹黄金大厦.
我们推出了商务签证奖励卡.
JustU账户是为18-25岁的会员推出的.
We moved into the second decade of the century with over 165,000 members and nearly 1.50亿的资产. 技术的改进, 会员扩展领域, 更多的分支机构和一个新品牌引领了这一潮流.
2010
我们的签证奖励计划扩大到包括我们的借记卡.
2011
我们的手机银行应用首次亮相.
2012
A new and improved Online 银行 service launched with enhanced capabilities in a more user-friendly environment.
2013
We opened a new branch in Tumwater Town Center to better serve our public employees in that area.
我们铂尔曼大酒店的分店搬到了一个全新的大楼里.
经过慎重考虑, we opened our field of membership to anyone in Washington State with a special focus on those who, 比如我们的公务员, 有奉献精神和愿望去服务和改变我们的社区.
2014
在决定开放我们的成员领域并有目的地扩大之后, 我们用新颜色更新了我们的品牌, imagery and content to convey our dedication to our membership and communities in a down-to-earth, 睦邻友好.
Our commitment to become more deeply involved in our communities resulted in a volunteer program for our employees and the Pillars of Giving.
We also welcomed members of CWU Federal Credit Union through a merger and established a much-needed presence in Ellensburg.
2015
We launched our new website and eliminated foreign transaction fees on our 签证 卡片 and monthly service fees on our 业务检查 account. In mid-November, we began the conversion to our brand new 签证 Platinum card with chip technology.
我们在Puyallup和Federal Way开设了新的分支机构，扩大了我们在全州的业务. 另外, a much-needed relocation resulted in a bigger and better branch for our West Olympia members.
在社区方面, we were proud to sponsor the first-ever TEDx event in Olympia and went on to sponsor TEDxSpokane and TEDxRainier (now known as TEDxSeattle). 我们还第一次举办了会员志愿者活动:在奥林匹亚举办了两次, 一个在西雅图，一个在斯波坎.
2016
为了更好地服务会员，西雅图美景镇分会进行了翻新.
我们推出了新的数字借贷应用程序.
We tried something new for #GivingTuesday by randomly handing out $100 bills to members visiting our branches, 要求他们用这笔钱做点好事，并在社交媒体上发布.
2017
我们已经60岁了th 在分会举办服务会员周年纪念活动.
A partnership with Hands On Children’s Museum in Olympia created ongoing benefits for members and community alike through the 全民启发式学习 倡议.
我们在当地社区投资了100万美元.
2018
We stepped up our game with three brand new checking accounts and three brand new credit 卡片. 如果你还没有看过，不妨去看看——它们值得一看.
Our U-District branch moved into its newly constructed building that also features a Community Room and coffee shop. 它位于旧分行的街对面.
我们的网站进行了改进，以提供易于访问的产品和服务信息, 更好的导航和全新的外观.
2019
20年后，首席执行官凯文·福斯特-凯迪退休了. 资深副总裁加里·斯温德勒(Gary Swindler)是WSECU的一名资深员工.
我们推出了新的网上银行平台.
我们在亚基马开设了第二个呼叫中心.
我们的斯波坎谷分公司搬到了一个新的、更方便的地方.
我们发起了金融密码箱挑战, an escape-room style puzzle game designed to teach high school 学生s about credit and managing finances.
2020
我们的资产超过40亿美元.
我们的会员有282,471人.
我们推出了一个新的手机银行应用程序.
应对2019冠状病毒病大流行挑战, 我们的很多员工都开始在家工作了, 我们开创了服务和支持会员的新方式, 包括:
We launched a series of webinars designed to support the financial well-being of our members. 主题包括:
We committed to do more to advance racial equity and financial inclusion through our actions and the investment of resources inside and outside the credit union.
我们将奖学金总额从6.5万美元增加到10万美元.
Mortgage rates hit all-time lows, enabling us to fund over $174 million in first mortgages.
2021
Our Spokane Division branch opened, providing greater access to WSECU 服务 in Eastern Washington.
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