Our History

The beginning — 1952
Our first members chartered Machinists No. 17 Federal Credit Union in 1952. They all belonged to or worked for ­ the International Association of Machinists. Three years later, Clark County employees chartered their own financial institution, Clarkco Employees Credit Union.

During the 1960's, both credit unions grew steadily. The people-helping-people philosophy was catching on and the services they offered — savings accounts, personal loans and auto loans — were increasingly popular.

To better serve members, in 1973 Clarkco became federally chartered. Members soon were introduced to share drafts, a unique new checking account developed exclusively for credit unions. The number of Clarkco members quickly increased, as did service use. Meanwhile, in 1975 Machinists No. 17 Federal Credit Union changed its name to Hazel Dell Federal Credit Union. Later the name changed again to Midco Federal Credit Union.

A merger for service
Once again seeking to serve both credit unions' members with better and expanded service, Clarkco and Midco merged in 1988 to become Clark County Community Credit Union. With more than 5,300 members and $17,000,000 in assets, we now expanded to provide service throughout north Clark County. Soon after the expansion, the Battle Ground office was opened.

Since 1992 we opened our Hazel Dell headquarters, built a new downtown location, opened other offices, placed ATMs and joined ATM networks as well. In 1999 we upgraded and relocated our Battle Ground branch.

People's Community Credit Union
In 1999, Clark County Community Credit Union became People's Community Credit Union, later People's Community Federal Credit Union. The name change reflected our growing commitment to expanded service throughout Clark County.

Today, People's Community Federal Credit Union can serve those who live, work or worship anywhere in Clark, Cowlitz and Skamania Counties. With more than 14,000 members and $121,400,000 in assets at the end of 2008, we are a strong and creative financial services institution. We fulfill our people-helping-people mission by serving all member financial needs.