Genco Federal Credit Union

GenCo Federal Credit Union was chartered in 1953 and was originally created to meet the financial needs of the employes of General Tire and Rubber Company. My grandfather, who worked at GT for 38 years, until his retirement in December 1982, was on the founding board of directors.
I have had a savings account at GenCo since August 1, 19##. I wasn’t born until August 17^th. My grandfather opened the account up in my name and that of Christopher (in case I turned out to be a boy).
While I was a student at Baylor, I did all of my banking at their Valley Mills location. One of the tellers, D, always kept a huge candy bowl by her window. I always had to laugh when I would start looking for my favorite candy … those little brown & white striped peanut butter bars … and she would tell me «Don’t bother looking, your grandfather was here 10 minutes ago».
GenCo has financed three of my cars, a couple computer loans, and more than a handful short-​term loans (because the Financial Aid office at Baylor screwed something up which caused my student loan dispersement dates to be LATE every single semester).
My three cousins also have accounts at GenCo. My grandmother used to call and tell whoever answered the phone to transfer $ in her grandkids accounts and that was pretty much all she had to say because they know the entire family. We have grown up with GenCo. They were also very helpful and supportive last September when my grandmother passed away.
Now that I live in Dallas, I have a checking account thru a larger national bank (which are easier to get to in order to make deposits)… but I will always have my accounts at GenCo.