WHAT IS A CREDIT UNION?

A financial cooperative organization of individuals with a commom affiliation (such as employment, labor union membership, or place of residence).  Credit unions accept deposits of members, pay interest (dividends) on them out of earnings and primarily provide consumer installment credit to members.

Brewer Federal Credit Union has over 8,200 members.

There are over 600,000 credit union members in the State of Maine, all served by a volunteer Board of Directors.