First Pioneers Federal Credit Union

To qualify for membership, an individual must meet certain criteria.  Primarily eligible are employees and retirees of companies that have formally associated with the First Pioneers Federal Credit Union.  These companies are called Select Employee Groups (SEG's).  A list of SEG's follows this narrative.  Also eligible for membership are close family members of people who are already members or are employees of SEG's.  Close family members are defined as parents, grandparents, children, and siblings, We also allow existing members to open accounts for closely held small businesses and for their organizations.

Once a member joins, unless that member causes First Pioneers Federal Credit Union a loss, he/she is eligible to be a member for life. Once a year we require that you perform a transaction to your account, whether it be a deposit or withdrawal.  This transaction with stop your account from becoming dormant. If an account becomes dormant, fees are removed from the account until the account is closed.

The First Pioneers Federal Credit Union was chartered in 1949 by employees of AT&T to provide for the financial well being of its members.  It was a relatively new idea for the Lafayette area, a financial institution dedicated for the benefit of its owners. Since then, we have associated many other companies (called SEG's) and we also provide for them.

We've grown, we've added checking accounts, Cajun Credit (R) credit cards, Cajun Cash (R) ATM/debit cards, a new building, voice response, our cu.online internet banking and more recently cu online bill pay.