Credit unions often offer to their members better rates on loans and savings than do commercial banks, due to credit unions' unique operation. While banks must make profits for their shareholders, credit unions exist only to serve their members... You!

More than 2.7 million Ohioans (about 20 percent of the state's population) belong to credit unions through associations with their employers, communities, churches, or occupations.

What is the Ohio Credit Union League?
The Ohio Credit Union League, founded in 1934, is the state trade association for Ohio credit unions. Its mission is to foster the success of credit unions and the credit union philosophy of People Helping People in Ohio. Nearly 600 credit unions are affiliated with the League through 16 regional chapters. Credit unions affiliated with The Ohio Credit Union League also are members of the Credit Union National Association, or CUNA.

The Ohio Credit Union League does not offer financial services to the public.

The Ohio Credit Union League supports the state's credit unions with operational and regulatory information, training opportunities, legislative representation, and public relations, among other duties. The League also plans and hosts an annual credit union convention each spring.

The League and its affiliates employ more than 30 people at its offices in Dublin, Ohio, (a suburb of Columbus) with more employees working from external sites around the state. The League's phone number is 800/486-2917 (toll-free) or 614/336-2894 in Central Ohio.

The League is the primary association of The Ohio Credit Union System, which includes three other affiliates:

• OCUL Services Corporation, a for-profit subsidiary that provides products and services to credit unions;
• The Ohio Credit Union Legislative Action Committees (OCULAC/OCULPAC), which raise money to support political candidates, legislators, and governmental officials who support credit unions;
• The Ohio Credit Union Foundation, which raises and distributes money in the form of professional scholarships, small credit union support, and disaster relief.