| EastRise Credit Union | |
| Type: | Credit union |
| Foundation: | 1961 |
| Location: | Williston, Vermont, United States |
| Key People: | John Dwyer, CEO |
| Industry: | Financial services |
| Products: | Savings |
| Assets: | $3.05B USD (2024) |
| Num Employees: | 460 |
| Homepage: | EastRise Credit Union |
EastRise Credit Union is a credit union headquartered in Williston, Vermont, chartered and regulated under the authority of the National Credit Union Administration of the U.S. federal government. Founded in 1961 as the IBM Employees Credit Union, EastRise is currently the largest credit union in Vermont with $3.05 billion in assets, 168,460 members, and twenty-two branches.[1]
Membership in the credit union is open to:
Member deposits at EastRise are insured for up to $250,000 through the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, the credit union equivalent of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
In 2014, New England Federal Credit Union acquired HealthOne Credit Union based in Detroit, Michigan. HealthOne had been placed into conservatorship by the State of Michigan in May 2014. [2]
NEFCU operations in Michigan and Ohio were subsequently run under the Direct Financial branding.
In 2022, members of the Vermont State Employees' Credit Union, then the second largest credit union in Vermont, narrowly voted to join NEFCU. The combined organization became one of the largest credit unions in the United States with nearly $3 billion in assets and twenty-three locations.
On September 19, 2024, the credit union officially became EastRise Credit Union. The rebrand fulfilled a promise to former VSECU members during the merger campaign in 2022. The credit union adopted a new name, color palette, and logo. [3]
NEFCU sponsors RightTrack, a financial literacy program for high school students.[4] NEFCU hosts "Shred Fests" where members of the general public may bring documents to be shredded by a professional shredding company.[5] In 2008, over 13 tons of documents were destroyed.[6] NEFCU also annually awards six $3,000 college scholarships to members pursuing degrees in nursing and science.