In 1955, 15 civilian employees at Shaw Air Force base in Sumter, South Carolina pooled their money to charter SAFE Federal Credit Union. Since then, SAFE has grown to over 130,000 members and just over 1.6billioninassets.SAFEisthelargestMidlandsbasedcreditunionwith18branchesineightcountiesinSouthCarolina.SAFEexistsonlytoserveourmembers,andwhenyoujoin,youalsobecomeanowner.Ournot−for−profitstructureallowsourmemberstoenjoygenerallyhigherdividendsonsavings,lowerloaninterestrates,andfewerfees.Andyoucanbesureyourmoneyissafewithus,asalldepositsareinsuredupto250,000 by the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA).