Maximize Your Membership

Empowering Credit Unions to Change People’s Lives

California’s Credit Unions and Nevada’s Credit Unions represent a community of financial cooperatives committed to improving the lives of their members and the well-being of their communities.

We champion the credit union movement by advocating for policies that protect consumers, promote financial inclusion, and support the people and institutions that make a difference every day. Together, we help credit unions grow stronger, serve better, and continue changing lives across California and Nevada.

Membership Benefits & Resources

Your membership gives your credit union a powerful voice.

Advocacy

We champion credit unions at both the state and federal levels by working directly with legislators, regulators, and policymakers to protect and promote the credit union movement. Through initiatives like Connect for the Cause, we also make it easy for your employees and members to get involved in advocacy, empowering them to raise their voices and make a meaningful difference.

Education & Professional Development

We invest in your team’s growth by providing member credit unions with complimentary access to dozens of training programs each year. From leadership and operations to compliance and more, our comprehensive learning opportunities are designed to help your staff thrive and your credit union continue to grow.

Community Impact

We work to expand financial inclusion and foster a culture of service through collective action, empowering credit unions to make a meaningful community impact. By joining the Juntos Avanzamos network, you help support access, trust, and opportunity for Hispanic communities—advancing financial equity and strengthening relationships where it matters most.

Compliance Solutions

You gain access to dues-supported tools like our Compliance Hotline for real-time answers and expert guidance, along with customizable resources from trusted, pre-vetted partners. This support helps you reduce risk and security threats while saving valuable time—so your credit union can stay focused on serving your members, not navigating regulations.

Peer Network & Asset-Based Communities

We offer peer networks designed to meet the needs of credit unions at every size and stage. The Shapiro Group supports credit unions under $287 million in assets, the Mid-Size Group brings together institutions with $287 million to $1 billion, and the Summit Roundtable serves credit unions with more than $1 billion in assets. In addition, our biweekly CEO calls connect 50–150 credit union leaders to share updates, discuss challenges, and drive meaningful collective action.

Your Membership Team

Joyce King
Director of Credit Union Support
joycek@ccul.org

Carmelita Keller
Engagement Manager
carmelitak@ccul.org

Exclusive Discounts and Business Solutions

Maximize value with member-only discounts and benefits from our Credit Union Solutions partners.

  • Generate income, improve efficiency, and enhance member experience through services in lending, insurance, compliance, and more.
  • Enjoy exclusive pricing and added benefits from partners like TruStage, ViClarity, Humanidei, and CUNA Strategic Services.
  • Let us do the research—every partner is carefully vetted to ensure quality, relevance, and ROI.

Access and Opportunities

Membership opens doors to exclusive League and industry experiences.

  • Events: Enjoy discounted or complimentary registration to League and partner events.
  • Shapiro Grants: Financial support to help eligible credit unions invest in growth and professional development.

Preferred Partner Solutions

TruStage

For more than 80 years, TruStage (formerly CUNA Mutual Group) has been fully committed to enhancing the credit union movement by providing valuable products and services to credit unions and their members, including bond protection, investments, retirement solutions, and lending programs. TruStage also offers robust research and insights to help credit unions interpret and understand consumer trends to stay ahead of members’ needs.

Origence

Origence provides lending technology solutions credit unions need to advance their total origination experience. We were established in 1994 as a credit union service organization (CUSO) and have helped thousands of credit unions process more than 97 million applications, including 8.6 million applications in 2024. Our solutions include indirect lending, loan and account origination, auto shopping, marketing automation, lending operations, and more. Learn more at origence.com and follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, and X.

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Velera—formerly PSCU/Co-op Solutions—is the nation’s leading payments CUSO and a full-service financial technology provider. With 40+ years of experience, it supports over 4,000 financial institutions across North America, helping them keep pace with industry change and drive growth. Velera delivers an end-to-end suite of solutions, including payment processing, fraud and risk management, data and analytics, digital banking, instant payments, strategic consulting, collections, ATM/POS networks, shared branching, and 24/7/365 member support through its contact centers.

A comprehensive human capital solutions firm, we are your credit union’s best ally in the war for talent. Together, Humanidei works to build strategies to attract, develop, and retain the people who will drive your business forward.

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ViClarity is an award-winning provider of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) management software solutions for highly regulated industries, such as healthcare, insurance and financial services. Organizations of all sizes utilize our GRC tools to enhance and automate their risk and compliance processes.

Plexcity was formed in the true spirit of collaboration by the California and Nevada Credit Union Leagues, Maryland & District of Columbia Credit Union Association, and New Jersey Credit Union Association. By embracing cooperative principles, they formed a new shared-services cooperative to aggregate their back-office operations. The business plan was built on the idea that Plexcity would serve professional associations, Credit Unions, Credit Union Service Organizations, and small businesses.

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What is the value of League Membership?

We exist to help California and Nevada credit unions change people’s lives by supporting your staff, volunteers, operations, awareness, guidance, strategy and philosophy. Through a network committed to relevant results, we empower all credit unions to speak with one voice to their respective state legislatures, local members of U.S. Congress, state and federal regulators, and society at large.

Member Benefits

Why are credit unions so excited to be members? Here are some recent reasons:

Advocacy

  • The California’s Credit Unions and Nevada’s Credit Unions “leagues” have been integral in credit union advocacy, especially during challenging times. This includes communication with state and federal elected officials.
  • Connect for the Cause allows credit union employees and even members to get involved politically.

Asset-Based Services

  • Available to credit unions CEOs to connect and ask questions of their peers. The Shapiro Group serves credit unions with assets below $287 million. The Mid-Size Group serves credit unions with asset sizes between $287 million – $1 billion, and the Summit Roundtable serves our largest credit unions. These collaborative communities allow CEOs to share information and connect to hear what others are doing so they can take appropriate and strategic steps at their own credit unions.
  • Bi-Weekly CEO Calls—California’s Credit Unions and Nevada’s Credit Unions hold CEO calls every other week. We have anywhere from 50-150 credit unions on the call each session and the participants have asked that we keep this going indefinitely. It helps everyone to get different perspectives and give the associations action items to allow you to concentrate on running your operation and let us handle the regulators and legislators.

Compliance

  • We offer a variety of compliance solutions to our member credit unions, including dues-supported resources like the Compliance Hotline. Our team of experts will help you eliminate compliance confusion and reduce security threats with customizable solutions from trusted partners. Each solution has been thoroughly vetted, so that your credit union can be confident it is the best choice on the market today!

Discounted Services

  • Discounts with the exclusive Business Partners—Take advantage of Credit Union Solutions to generate additional income through our carefully selected Business Partners—from member retention programs to loan growth solutions. We know the challenges credit unions face. We’ve carefully selected a comprehensive range of the finest business solutions at the best value. Whether it is insurance or lending solutions, compliance services, or revenue opportunities, you can rely on us to provide the most cost-effective means to improve member satisfaction to keep you competitive. Many of our partners offer discounts and extra benefits to League members, such as TruStage, ViClarity, Humanidei and our partners through CUNA Strategic Services. In addition, we do all the legwork in finding a new partner, so you don’t have to research a bunch of companies to determine the best products and services for your money. Learn more about our Business Partners.

Education and Professional Development

Elevate your credit union’s training with complimentary access to a wide range of learning and professional development opportunities each year. Member credit unions can take advantage of dozens of training options across various disciplines, all at no cost.

Access

  • Event access—Enjoy discounted or complimentary registration to exclusive League and partner events, as well as select industry gatherings.
  • Shapiro Grants—Click here to learn more.

Joe Keller
Vice President, Membership and Credit Union Solutions
jkeller@ccul.org

Joyce King
Membership and Credit Union Solutions Manager
joycek@ccul.org

Antonia Scott
Membership and Credit Union Solutions Support Specialist
antonias@ccul.org