Alternatives Credit Union

About Alternatives Credit Union

Alternatives Credit Union Location

125 N. Fulton St
Ithaca, NY 14850

Phone: (607) 216-3422
Website: www.alternatives.org
Routing/Transit Number: Not Available

Alternatives Credit Union Information

Alternatives Credit Union of Ithaca, NY is a cooperative financial institution that is controlled and owned by its members, and operated for the purpose of promoting thrift, providing credit at fair rates, and providing other financial services to its membership base. This institution has 8841 members and assets of $55,252,722, as compared to the national average of $93 million dollars of assets per credit union. Alternatives Credit Union, first opened in 1978 and has been in operation since then. Additionally, Alternatives Credit Union has 42 full time employees and 1 part time employees, or 205.604651163 members per employee, compared to a national average of 376.32254.

While all federal credit unions, and 95% of state-chartered credit unions, have "share insurance" (otherwise known as deposit insurance) of at least $250,000 per member through the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund (NCUSIF), you should double-check to ensure that Alternatives Credit Union is covered by this protection. This share (deposit) insurance is backed by the United States government and is administered by the National Credit Union Administration. Alternatives Credit Union is a not-for-profit, cooperative, tax-exempt organization.