University Credit Union began as the Boston University

Boston University

Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...

 Employees' Credit Union

Credit union

A credit union is a cooperative financial institution that is owned and controlled by its members and operated for the purpose of promoting thrift, providing credit at competitive rates, and providing other financial services to its members...

, which was founded by a group of Boston University employees May, 1952. It began with 9 volunteers serving on the Credit Union's first Board of Directors. Early Board meetings covered matters ranging from the Credit Union's finances and operational issues to sending greetings and wishes to a Credit Union member in the hospital.

Today

Since the beginning, Boston University Employees' Credit Union grew from serving the employees of Boston University to serving educational and healthcare institutions and changing its name to University Credit Union. Membership has reached over 10,500 and continues to climb.

University Credit Union has relationships with the following institutions:

• Bentley University
• Berklee College of Music
  Berklee College of Music
  Berklee College of Music, located in Boston, Massachusetts, is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known primarily as a school for jazz, rock and popular music, it also offers college-level courses in a wide range of contemporary and historic styles, including hip...
  
  
• Boston College
  Boston College
  Boston College is a private Jesuit research university located in the village of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA. The main campus is bisected by the border between the cities of Boston and Newton. It has 9,200 full-time undergraduates and 4,000 graduate students. Its name reflects its early...
  
  
• Boston College of Architecture
• Boston Medical Center
  Boston Medical Center
  Boston Medical Center is a non-profit 639 licensed-bed medical center in Boston, Massachusetts. It was created by the formal merger of Boston City Hospital which was the first municipal hospital in the United States and Boston University Medical Center Hospital in July 1996 which was sponsored...
  
  
• Boston University
• Children's Services of Roxbury
• Crittenton
• Education Development Center
• Emerson College
  Emerson College
  Emerson College is a private coeducational university located in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a "school of oratory," Emerson is "the only comprehensive college or university in America dedicated exclusively to communication and the arts in a liberal arts...
  
  
• Fisher College
  Fisher College
  Fisher CollegeFisher College is a private institution that grants both baccalaureate and associate degrees. The College is located on Beacon Street in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston. The College is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges .-History:The College was...
  
  
• Lesley University
  Lesley University
  Lesley University is a private, coeducational university in Boston, Massachusetts and Cambridge, Massachusetts.The university is a member of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, National Association of Schools of Art and Design, and New England Collegiate Conference.-History:The...
  
  
• Mental Health Programs
• Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries
• Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals-Angell Animal Medical Center
• New England School of Acupuncture
• New England School of Law
  New England School of Law
  New England School of Law is a private law school in Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1908 as a law school for women.-History:...
  
  
• Newbury College
• Perkins School for the Blind
  Perkins School for the Blind
  Perkins School for the Blind, located in Watertown, Massachusetts, is the oldest schools for the blind in the United States. It has also been known as the Perkins Institution for the Blind.-History:...
  
  
• Planned Parenthood League of MA
• Roxbury Comprehensive Community Healthcare
• Suffolk University
  Suffolk University
  Suffolk University is a private, non-sectarian, university located in Boston, Massachusetts and with over 16,000 students it is the third largest university in Boston...
  
  
• Tufts University
  Tufts University
  Tufts University is a private research university located in Medford/Somerville, near Boston, Massachusetts. It is organized into ten schools, including two undergraduate programs and eight graduate divisions, on four campuses in Massachusetts and on the eastern border of France...
  
  
• Victory Human Services
• Vinfen

University Credit Union is located at 846 Commonwealth Ave. and 710 Albany Street in Boston, Massachusetts.