Global Credit Union history

By 1959, the credit union's assets exceeded $2.5 million.

In May 1969, the first overseas branch was opened at Aviano Air Force Base in Italy.

A fourth Italian branch was established in 1977 at San Vito.

In May 1982, the Board of Directors approved a request by the Department of Defense to provide credit union service to the Department's personnel stationed at Incirlik and Izmir, Turkey.

The credit union opened its first drive-up facilities in 1985 at the Spokane and Fairchild AFB branch locations.

However, a branch was opened in May 1987 at an Air Force missile facility in Comiso, Sicily.

In 1988, the Board of Directors voted to change the credit union's name to better reflect its diverse membership and to enhance growth potential.

Fairchild Federal Credit Union officially became Global Federal Credit Union on April 1, 1989.

In 1998, the Board of Directors applied for and received a community charter, giving the credit union the ability to serve anyone who lives or works in Spokane County.

The first location to benefit from this statewide charter was the Tri-cities, when in 2003 Yoke's grocery store branches were opened in both Pasco and Kennewick, Washington.

In response to a growing reputation as a source of first-rate business banking Global Credit Union opened its much anticipated full-service Member Business Services Center in 2004 on Riverside Avenue in the heart of Spokane’s financial district.

In 2013, Global Credit Union launched a new logo and brand campaign to celebrate the people, artists and businesses who make their communities great.

In 2018, Global was the first local credit union to launch drive-up ITMs in Spokane.

The Global29th ISMSC was opened in the Safeway grocery store on 29th Avenue in 2019, bringing the newest technology to Spokane’s South Hill Neighborhood.