Tiny Texas Credit Union Liquidated

The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) liquidated Electrical Workers #527 Federal Credit Union of Texas City, Texas.

NCUA made the decision to liquidate Electrical Workers #527 Federal Credit Union and discontinue its operations after determining the credit union was insolvent and had no prospect for restoring viable operations.

The credit union posted a loss of $295,220 in the first quarter of this year after reporting a loss of $122,290 for all of 2012. As of March 31, 2013, its net worth ratio was -36.07 percent.

Electrical Workers #527 Federal Credit Union was a low-income designated credit union serving 527 members and had assets of $622,857.

This is the seventh credit union to fail this year. The last Texas credit union to fail was Women's Southwest FCU of Dallas (TX) on October 31, 2012.

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