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Self Help Credit Union company history timeline

1992

An outgrowth of these groups was an international conference held in 1992 in Ottawa, Canada.

2002

In 2002, Self-Help established the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) to build on initial successes and expand our focus nationally and to tackle practices such as payday lending in addition to mortgage lending.

2008

Self-Help Federal Credit Union was chartered in 2008 to build a network of branches that serve working families and underserved communities.

2012

In 2012, Self-Help acquired Second Federal S&L and continued service to 14,000 predominantly Latino depositors and borrowers.

2014

In one recent example, a 2014 merger with Generations Community Credit Union helped to preserve and expand services for predominantly African-American communities in eastern and central NC.

2016

Now, business is booming: In 2016, the United States self-help industry was worth about $9.9 billion dollars, according to a report from Research and Markets.

In 2016 Self-Help Federal merged with CTFCU, and later CTFCU joined Self-Help Credit Union.

2017

In 2017, over 15 million self-help books were sold in the US – and this is just the print books! The figure doesn’t include the millions of self-help ebooks and audiobooks also sold.

2018

In 2018, two South Carolina credit unions joined the Self-Help family: Palmetto Trust Federal Credit Union (Columbia) and CommunityWorks Federal Credit Union (Greenville). Palmetto Trust Federal was started to serve local federal employees.

2021

Lower Valley Credit Union merged with Self-Help in 2021.

2022

"Self-Help Movement ." Dictionary of American History. . Retrieved June 21, 2022 from Encyclopedia.com: https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/self-help-movement

Market researchers have predicted that the industry will be worth $13 billion dollars within the next four years, by 2022.

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1980
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