California

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

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

  • 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’s Credit Unions

  • Lucy Ito, Interim President/CEO
  • Website: ccul.org

PRIVATE SHARE INSURANCE: YES


2025 STATS 
  • Largest SCU: THE GOLDEN 1 CU $21.08B in assets
  • Largest FCU: SCHOOLSFIRST FCU $34.41B in assets
Third Quarter 2025 SCUs FCUs Total CUs % of SCUs/Total
Total Credit Unions 106 138 244 43.44%
Credit Union Members 8.08M 6.28M 14.36M 56.28%
Credit Union Assets $161B $139B $301B 53.65%

FUN FACT

The first movie theater opened 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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