  coast capital savings is a credit union based in surrey, british columbia. it is the second largest credit union in canada outside quebec, with assets of $12.6 billion and 504,000 members. coast capital savings operates two subsidiaries, coast capital insurance services ltd. and coast capital equipment finance ltd. ==history== coast capital savings was created out of a merger on december 31, 2000 between pacific coast savings credit union and richmond savings credit union. pacific coast savings was founded in 1940 and came from an earlier merger of first pacific credit union and west coast savings. richmond savings was formed seven years later in 1947. in june 2002, coast capital savings acquired surrey metro savings, a credit union formed in 1947.two big b.c. credit unions plan to merge. cbc news. march 5, 2002. ==services== in 2005, coast capital savings launched its "free chequing, free debit and more" account, one of the first financial institutions in canada to offer a free chequing account.{{cite press release | title = coast capital savings pioneers free chequing and debit account | publisher = coast capital savings | date = january 17, 2005 | url = https://www.coastcapitalsavings.com/about_coast_capital_savings/press_advertising/news_release_archive/2005/january17,2005/inde
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