History

The interesting thing is…

Our credit union was founded in April 1967 in an office on the campus of Kearney State College. Initially the credit union was known as Third Kearney Federal Credit Union simply because it was the third credit union in town. By January of 1968 it had a meager $3500 in assets from 55 members, just for Kearney State College employees.

The start of the credit union began new learning experiences and a steep climb to our future. In fact, two years down the road an auditor came to visit and asked for a history of financial records. The treasurer, Charles Pickens replied, “What tapes?” At that time it was evident that the credit union had developed rapidly enough to need some more operational support.

The credit union later moved into the administrative building on campus, and added a few more employees. Then for a few years the credit union’s operations were ran out of a little red house a few blocks from campus. Before too long the credit union grew into a strip mall right across the street from campus. This location featured the credit union’s first drive thru window.

The credit union eventually changed the name in 1981 to Kearney Federal Credit Union because the vast amount of eligible employee groups that were being added. As membership expanded, so did our selection of products and services. KFCU started offering share draft accounts to go beyond the basic financial offerings of savings and loans. We definitely had more to offer, but long gone were the days of 15% dividend rates on share accounts, when we could only charge 12% on loans.

A wealth of change was to follow the continual development of Kearney Federal Credit Union and in 1998 a second temporary location was added on 2nd Avenue. The persistent need for more space didn’t take long, so Kearney Federal Credit Union began to purchase houses along the block on 2nd Avenue, which would soon be the home of the current location. With plans of a new building in the works, the campus location was sold in 1999.

Finally in March 2004, construction began on our new location. For a while the community was questioning what this new building might be. Several onlookers claimed it looked like a church and came to find out it was going to be the new home of Kearney Federal Credit Union. We moved into the current location in February 2005.

Since we haven’t stopped growing we started construction on the unfinished basement of our current location. Finished, the basement encompasses the loan department, conference room, staff break room, and bathrooms. The basement was finished in March 2012. We were excited about the expansion to better accommodate our ever growing membership.

Kearney Federal Credit Union continues to grow. On March 1, 2015, we combined with Kearney Eaton Employees Federal Credit Union - KEE Federal Credit Union. Together we had over 9,000 members and two more branches, one at 2600 Hwy 30 East in Kearney and Plum Creek Mall in Lexington. Expansion plans to move the Lexington branch to a stand alone property that includes a drive-thru and private offices. Soon the Main branch will include the entire block off of 2nd Avenue - the Kearney Federal Credit Union campus. A new department was added, the Member Contact Center as well as additional staff in lending and several other departments. This growth in personnel has pushed the administrative offices to locate off-site giving members better access to the services they use daily.

On December 1, 2015, Kearney Federal Credit Union announced a new name - Trius Federal Credit Union. With the new name came a new look and feel.

In January 2016, we moved the little yellow house to Lexington to provide expanded services for our western members. We opened the doors on June 27, 2016, and in July we celebrated the move with a several days of Grand Opening events including their first Annual Member Appreciation Cookout on July 21st.

Construction to add a 3rd and 4th drive-thru lanes to the Main Kearney location started in November of 2016. Phase II of the construction will move employee parking to the east and expand the member parking to the north.

Our next expansion is a full service branch in the Kearney Walmart Supercenter. The Trius Walmart branch offers a full range of deposit and loan products along with open hours on weekends and evenings. The Walmart Supercenter branch opened September 25, 2017.

We take pride in our history and all the effort it takes to get the credit union to this point. We appreciate our dedicated members and staff that have brought us this far. Trius Federal Credit Union is positioned for great things to come.

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