About Us

HISTORY: Texas Champions Federal Credit Union was chartered February 21, 1938 as Champion Employees Federal Credit Union with ten members. The original field of membership was the Houston Division of Champion Paper and Fiber Company in Pasadena, Texas. For years, the credit union has served its members with competitive services and loans. In May of 2003, the credit union changed its name to Texas Champions Federal Credit Union.
     Currently, the credit union is 2150 members strong and 10 million in assets! The field of membership includes: employees of International Paper (formerly Champion International Paper) who work in the State of Texas; employees of Nationwide Papers, a subsidiary of International Paper (formerly Champion International Paper), who work in or are supervised from Arlington, El Paso, Houston or San Antonio, Texas; and employees of Pasadena Paper Company, who work in Pasadena Texas. In June of 2004, persons who live, work, attend school, or worship in the cities of Galena Park, Channelview, Jacinto City, Pasadena, and South Houston are eligible to join!! Spouse and immediate family members of primary members are eligible to join!

WHO CAN JOIN? TREE3.gif (17460 bytes) Any employee of any sponsoring company listed in the field of membership.   Immediate family members (spouse, son, daughter, mother, father, sister, brother, grandparents, grandchildren, step relations, and adoptive relations) of a member is eligible. Persons who live, work, attend school, or worship in the cities of Galena Park, Channelview, Jacinto City, Pasadena, and South Houston are eligible to join!!

REMEMBER! Family members can join the credit union. Once they sign up, their account opens the services of the credit union to them! They become a part of the credit union family tree! Check our SERVICES page to see what is available. And we're adding new services all the time!

HOW TO JOIN: Call to verify that you are in the field of membership. Come by and fill out an account agreement and deposit at least $25.00 plus the $1.00 membership fee. You will need to bring your driver's license and social security card.

HOW SAFE IS MY MONEY? Your account is insured at least up to $100,000 by the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), a U.S. government agency. Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) are insured up to $250,000.

WEBSITE PRIVACY POLICY: Because the privacy of our members and other visitors to this website is of the utmost importance, Texas Champions Federal Credit Union has adopted the following Privacy Policy:

We do not collect information about you or your website activity. When you visit our website and explore, you do so anonymously. We are not planting "cookies" to collect information about you or your web habits. We are not collecting your email address or other information.

LINKED INTERNET WEBSITES DISCLAIMER: Texas Champions Federal Credit Union provides from time to time hyperlinks to other sites. Although we select these links with care and service to you, our member, those links will have their own policy and standards. Thus in accessing hyperlinks those services are provided "as is, as available" without warranty, express, or implied and that you use those links at your own risk and choice.