First United Services Credit Union (USCU)

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1st United Services Credit Union (1st USCU) has an extensive history of service in the Bay Area. 1st USCU was one of the first credit unions in the State of California founded in 1932 as City & County Employees' Credit Union. Originally they served only employees of Alameda County; however, years later their membership expanded to include employees of city and county hospitals and schools in both Alameda and Contra Costa Counties.
In 1996, City & County Employees' Credit Union merged with ALFA Federal Credit Union, which was founded in 1941 as a financial institution for Naval Bases in Alameda, Lemoore, Concord, and Fallon, NV. To better describe the combined civil and military service from this merger, the name 1st United Services Credit

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