California

 BENEFITS OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE CHARTER (Link to DFPI Website)

REGULATING AGENCY: California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation; Office of Credit Unions

California State Capitol

  • KC Mohseni, Commissioner
  • Greg Young, Senior Deputy Commissioner, Division of Corporations and Financial Institutions
  • Purvi Patel, Deputy Commissioner of Credit Unions
  • Website: dfpi.ca.gov/credit-unions

ACCREDITED: 1999

LEAGUE: California Credit Union League

  • Scott Simpson, President/CEO
  • Website: ccul.org

PRIVATE SHARE INSURANCE: YES


2024 STATS 
  • Largest SCU: THE GOLDEN 1 CU $19.61B in assets
  • Largest FCU: SCHOOLSFIRST FCU $31.93B in assets
Fourth Quarter 2024 SCUs FCUs Total CUs % of SCUs/Total
Total Credit Unions 110 140 250 44.00%
Credit Union Members 8.17M 5.91M 14.07M 58.02%
Credit Union Assets $159.92B $132.56B $292.48B 54.68%

FUN FACT

The first movie theater opened in in Los Angeles in 1902. In 1947 Norma Jean was crowned Castroville’s first Artichoke Queen. She would become Marilyn Monroe


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