Royal Credit Union (RCU) was organized in April 1964 to serve employees of Uniroyal and their families. In November 1972, the Wisconsin Commissioner of Credit Unions gave RCU permission to add other employee groups to its membership and for the next two years, additional groups were added until there was a total of 27 groups. With this growth experienced by being able to serve more people, RCU applied for and was granted a community charter.

Our current charter provides us with a field of membership that includes people who live or work in Eau Claire, Chippewa, Barron, Buffalo, Burnett, Clark, Dunn, Jackson, Marathon, Pierce, Pepin, Polk, Rusk, St. Croix, Taylor, Trempealeau, Washburn, or Wood counties in western Wisconsin.

Membership has grown rapidly from the original 100 Uniroyal employees to over 106,000 community Members. RCU is now one of the largest credit unions in the state of Wisconsin.

Become a Candidate

To become a candidate for RCU’s Board of Directors, you must:

Be a Primary Member (first named owner of an RCU account), in the credit union for a minimum of one year.

Be at least 18 years old and a Member in good standing.

Have attended an informational meeting with the Chairperson of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of RCU.

Have read the RCU Board of Director’s Handbook.

Have viewed the two videos on “Credit Union Board Effectiveness”.