GTE Financial explained

GTE Federal Credit Union
d/b/a GTE Financial
Type:Credit union
Location City:Tampa, Florida
Location Country:United States
Area Served:Tampa Bay area
Industry:Financial services
Products:Savings
checking; consumer loans; mortgages; credit cards
Assets:$2.08 billion[1]

GTE Federal Credit Union, doing business as GTE Financial, is an American credit union, headquartered in Tampa, Florida, and chartered and regulated under the authority of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA). As of March 31, 2018, GTE had 262,538 members.[2]

The organization was founded in 1935 as the Peninsular Telephone Employees Credit Union to serve the employees of Peninsular Telephone Company. After Peninsular became part of GTE (since merged with Verizon), the credit union was renamed GTE Federal Credit Union in 1958.[3] Effective August 2012, the credit union rebranded itself as GTE Financial to reflect its status as a full-service financial institution.[2]

References

  1. Per National Credit Union Administration website as of March 31, 2018. Go to http://researchcu.ncua.gov/Views/creditUnionInfo.aspx and search for charter number 196.
  2. Web site: GTE Financial posts membership gains after rebranding . September 21, 2012 . October 8, 2012 . Margie . Manning . Tampa Bay Business Journal.
  3. Web site: History & Mission: Historical Timeline . GTE Financial . 2012 . October 8, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121013210159/http://www.gtefinancial.org/about/history--mission . October 13, 2012 .