Digital Federal Credit Union

DCU – Digital Federal Credit Union

Type	Credit Union
Industry	Financial Services
Founded	October 1979
Headquarters	Marlborough, Massachusetts, United States
Number of locations	22 full-service branches; 3,000 CU Centers located in 46 states
Key people	Karyn Brown, Chair, Board of Directors James Regan, President/CEO
Products	Savings; Checking; Consumer loans; Mortgages; Credit cards; Investments
Website	http://www.dcu.org/

Digital Federal Credit Union (DCU) is a credit union based in Marlborough, Massachusetts. It has over 500,000 members and is among the top 20 credit unions in the U.S.A. and the largest credit union headquartered in New England as measured by assets. DCU has over $8 Billion USD in assets. DCU is regulated under the authority of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) of the US federal government.

DCU has 17 full-service branches in Massachusetts and 5 full-service branches in New Hampshire, although it has members in all 50 U.S. states.

DCU was chartered in 1979 for employees of Digital Equipment Corporation. Its field of membership is open to existing family members, over 700 different sponsors, several communities in Massachusetts and several organizations.

DCU offers the a variety of financial services offered by most financial institutions, including savings accounts, checking accounts, IRA accounts, and certificates of deposit. In addition, DCU also offers members consumer, business and auto loans, credit cards, mortgages, home equity lines of credit, investment services, brokerage services and insurance services.

DCU provides online account access and bill paying through their Online Banking service.

DCU adopted StreetWise, a financial consumer education program in May 2001, to give their members unbiased consumer knowledge on a variety of topics including credit, privacy protection, fraud prevention, home and car buying tips. StreetWise also teaches how financial products and services work. In 2002, DCU furthered its financial education outreach programs by actively promoting financial literacy among teens by teaching basic skills at area high schools.