America First Credit Union is headquartered in Riverdale and is the largest credit union in the state of Utah. It is also the 7th largest credit union in the nation. It was established in 1939 and as of March of 2024, it had grown to 3,128 employees and 1,422,694 members at 123 locations. America First Credit Union's money market rates are 10X the national average, and it has an A health rating.
Membership in America First Credit Union is open to those who live, work, regularly conduct business, worship, attend school, or volunteer in portions of six states including: counties of Juab, Salt Lake, or Utah, or in eligible areas of Cache, Davis, Iron, Rich, Washington, or Weber Counties. Eligible areas in counties of Maricopa, Mohave, Page, Pima, or St. Johns. Eligible areas in counties of Ada, Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Boise, Bonneville, Canyon, Caribou, Clark, Elmore, Franklin, Gem, Jefferson, Madison, Owyhee, or Power. Eligible areas in counties of Carson City, Churchill, Clark, Douglas, Esmeralda, Lincoln, Lyon, Mineral, Nye, Storey, or Washoe. Eligible areas in counties of Bernalillo, Chaves, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Mora, Quay, Sandoval, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Torrance, or Valencia. Eligible areas of in Malheur County.
Membership is also open to owners, employees, suppliers and their employees, or associated companies and their employees involved in the food industry in Utah and to employees, or members of a Select Employee Group (SEG) or of an affiliated association in Utah. Immediate family and household members of an existing America First Credit Union member or of anyone eligible to join also qualify for membership.
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Bryson was absolutely awesome. He made the entire process simple and he was extremely professional. He can be reached at 801-217-9184 if you need your banking needs met.
He is the best!
Jared
As a long time member I was aghast when on very short notice America First (AF) notified customers by snail mail in April 2024 that the would be moving all HSA account to Lively.com, a fee based HSA investment intermediary. The day of the move was set at June 1st. For those of us with HSA certificate deposits this meant we had to move our funds elsewhere not later than May 3rd or be automatically converted into cash and transferred to Lively. I thought the only time this type of draconian action was ever taken was when a financial institution failed. I'm interested to learn how many AF customers felt they lost money as a result of this decision by AF. I did. Please do chime in. Richard R.
America First Credit Union is massive and growing, and certainly does not treat customers like a field of membership for a credit union. It offers its members 0.05% checking rates and 0.10% savings rates, which certainly make it profit driven, and competes with JP Morgan, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo deposit rates without paying any taxes on its profits. The savings rates have not moved, despite numerous Federal Reserve interest rate increases. I have moved my money from AFCU and am more interested in credit unions that view their role as part of a community and field of membership, rather than just seeing themselves as a competitor to Zions.
Long story short: got my auto loan from deal, provided insurance details. 1 year later their "3rd party" sent RUDE notice for proof of insurance. I decided to provide proof AND pay off the loan in full to stop doing business. They still added the thousands onto my loan AFTER paying it off. Then threatened to hold my title and repo the vehicle. In the meantime, the already sent me the title prior to adding the thousands, and then throw hands in the air like "it's a third party problem". RUN AWAY FAST FROM AMERICA FIRST CREDIT UNION!!!
Overall | |
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NCUA # | 24694 |
Year Chartered | 1939 |
Employees | 3128 |
Primary Regulator |
Profit Margin | |
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Return on Assets - YTD | 1.05% |
Return on Equity - YTD | 9.7% |
Annual Interest Income | $270.5MM |
Assets and Liabilities | ||
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Assets | Q1 2024vs Q1 2023 | $20.29B$18.33B |
Loans | Q1 2024vs Q1 2023 | $14.57B$13.32B |
Deposits | Q1 2024vs Q1 2023 | $17.9B$16.21B |
Equity Capital | Q1 2024vs Q1 2023 | $2.15B$1.92B |
Loan Loss Allowance | Q1 2024vs Q1 2023 | $251.7MM$235.7MM |
Unbacked Noncurrent Loans | Q1 2024vs Q1 2023 | $157MM$94MM |
Real Estate Owned | Q1 2024vs Q1 2023 | $0$138K |
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