Growing Stronger Together:

Very simply, we want to bring members more from their credit union --- more branches, more products and services, more technologies, and more convenience. We know it would take us decades to grow to the point where we could offer members all the benefits this partnership will immediately bring. Together, we can offer you much more from your credit union – with the same personalized service, commitment to investing in our community, and cooperative heritage.

Founded in 1935, Nuvision (nuvisionfederal.com) is a federally insured, full service California credit union with assets over $3.4 billion and an excellent capital ratio of approximately 10.9%.  With a nearly 90 year cooperative heritage, Nuvision is also one of the strongest credit unions in the country, serving over 170,000 members with 15 branches in California and additional branches in Arizona, Washington, Wyoming and Alaska.

This exciting partnership is solely to benefit you. After the merger is complete, members will have seven branches in the Bay Area plus a large network of 36 branches in 2025 and even more ATMs in five states. Plus, you will have new products and services members have been asking for, including more account options, better technology services, new lending options, and business banking, to list just a few benefits.

Absolutely! Both credit unions are independently successful, financially healthy and well capitalized. In fact, both Nuvision and SafeAmerica have a net worth ratio that far exceeds regulatory requirements. And, our combined deposit and capital base and economies of scale will provide members with even more safety and security from their credit union.

Our branches will remain open, dedicated to serving the needs of our members and local communities, just as we do today.

The merger will not impact our current branch hours.

You can expect to continue to receive the same personalized service. In fact, we’ll have the resources to offer you many more expanded service options. The sole reason our two non-profit cooperative credit unions are proposing this partnership is to better serve all member-owners.

You will have the products/services you have today PLUS more options to choose from after the merger. After the merger is approved, we will send you detailed information about the new products and services available to you.

One of the advantages of the merger is that member accounts in our combined organization will be federally insured through the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund (NCUSIF), a U.S. Government Agency, to at least $250,000 for regular deposits and to at least $250,000 for IRAs. Depending upon the type and ownership of accounts, members could have more than $1 million in share insurance coverage with our combined credit union. The NCUSIF, which is backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government, insures the member accounts of all federal credit unions as well as most of the credit unions in the country. No member has ever lost money insured by NCUSIF.

The name of our combined organization will be Nuvision Credit Union.

Roger Ballard will remain CEO of our combined credit union.

Not yet. We’ll let you know as soon as those branches are available for you to use after all approvals have been received.

We are committed to making the integration between our credit unions as smooth as possible, ensuring you can continue using all the essential services you rely on, including online and mobile banking, credit and debit cards, and other important services. You'll also have more products and services to choose from after all approvals are received and we integrate our credit unions!

Absolutely. Partnering together will provide additional resources to expand our community support programs.

We will soon ask members to vote on the merger. We hope you will give your approval for this exciting partnership opportunity. Assuming member approval is received, we anticipate the merger will be finalized in early 2025.