page_title: Truliant Federal Credit Union
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Truliant Federal Credit Union / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Truliant's headquarters in Winston-Salem, N.C.
context_page_description: Truliant Federal Credit Union was founded in 1952 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to serve the employees of Western Electric. First known as Radio Shops Credit Union, the credit union later became known as AT&T Family Federal Credit Union. In 1999, it changed its name to Truliant Federal Credit Union. As of 2017, Truliant has over 215,000 members and 1,200 businesses and organizations, and 33 locations in central North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.
context_section_description: Truliant Federal Credit Union was chartered in 1952 to serve the employees of Western Electric and was known as Radio Shops Credit Union. It began serving about 2,000 members and offered credit union services in Winston-Salem, Greensboro and Burlington.
  In 1962, the name was changed to North Carolina Works Credit Union. Membership growth continued and increased to about 14,000 members by the end of the decade. In 1983, the name was changed again, to AT&T Family Federal Credit Union, accompanied by growth in services, with more mortgage loan services, credit cards, and checking accounts offered. By 1988 the credit union had 46,000 members. New branches were added in Virginia and North Carolina and the credit union began growing its presence in Charlotte.
  In the early 1990s, new branches were added to accompany membership growth. The credit union launched its first website, and began to offer debit cards and online banking services.
  By 2000, with membership at about 163,000, Truliant began opening branches in areas of South Carolina and Virginia. 
  In 2004, the credit union expanded to North Carolina, and Victory Masonic Credit Union, the oldest historically-black credit union in North Carolina, merged with Truliant. In 2007, Truliant's Victory branch opened in a developing area of downtown Winston-Salem, N.C. In 2005, it passed $1 billion in assets and opened its Truliant Way headquarters, where its administrative offices are located today. In 2008, it opened a second location in Greensboro, North Carolina.
  More recently, the credit union began an intensive expansion of credit union services, adding a second branch in Burlington and a sixth branch Forsyth County in 2014.
  The credit union surpassed 200,000 members and $2 billion in assets in 2016.
  On June 17, 2019, Truliant Federal Credit Union filed suit against SunTrust and BB&T claiming trademark infringement over the proposed new name of the merged entity, Truist Financial Corporation. Truliant is concerned about confusion between the similar names, including Truliant products with "Tru" in their names.
caption: Headquarters of Truliant Federal Credit Union, Winston-Salem, NC.
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