About Us

Chartered December 1971
Charter #20824

The organizational meeting for Flexible Tubing Employees Federal Credit Union was held on January 11, 1972 at the Flexible Tubing Plant in Abbeville, SC. Flexible Tubing EFCU continued to be a single sponsor credit union until 1985. In 1985 Flexible Tubing EFCU changed its name to Greater Abbeville FCU and moved out of the Flexible Tubing Plant. With assets of $836,713, the credit union purchased a building and applied to NCUA to bring other employee groups into the membership.

Select employee groups continued to be added to the GAFCU field of membership and the credit union experienced growth in assets and members. With this growth came to need to increase the size of the office. To try to meet the needs of the members the board of directors decided to add drive through service to the building. Due to the design of the building a window could not be installed. The drive through utilized remote teller units with cameras and monitors located in the teller area. The members were constantly ordering fries with their share withdrawals!

The credit union continued to grow and the need for increased office space became a priority. In 1996 with assets of $5,161,833 GAFCU began construction of a new 2700 square foot building. The building is located on Highway 72 West in Abbeville and is dedicated to the members of GAFCU.

The membership of Greater Abbeville FCU has benefited from the dedication and hard work of many credit union volunteers and staff. Currently there are two volunteers who were subscribers to the Organization Certificate.