SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The Golden 1 CU said Friday it is acquiring U.S. First CU, a $110 million credit union that reported a $3 million loss for the first quarter.
The deal will give The Golden 1, one of the nation’s largest credit unions with more than $7 billion in assets, two additional branches, in San Francisco and San Mateo.
San Francisco-based U.S. First was chartered in 1937 and serves more than 11,000 members.
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