Our History

Our credit union story began on January 12th, when a group of 7 Maine General employees banded together to form Maine Medical Center Federal Credit Union.

Employees at Mercy hospital formed Mercy Hospital Employees FCU.

The two credit unions merged, becoming Medical Services FCU.

We began offering our first ‘share draft’ checking accounts, followed by IRAs, Direct Deposit and ATM cards in the early 80’s.

We opened our Park Avenue branch – still our flagship branch today! We also began offering Visa credit cards.

A year later, we grew our credit union family by merging with Sanborn FCU and Thomas Laughlin FCU.

Ken Acker became CEO and President. 

We launched Online Banking for members.

We merged with Insurance Services FCU (Unum) and opened our charter to become a community credit union in Cumberland County.

We officially changed our name to TruChoice FCU, becoming the credit union you know today. 

We merged with Portland Maine Transit FCU, expanding our membership further.

We built our operations center in South Portland and launched one of our favorite traditions: our annual TruSpirit Award for employee excellence.

We began offering our TruHero Card, giving members a way to donate directly to local organizations. 

We launched our Mobile App with remote deposit capture.

We merged with Portland Maine Police Department FCU.

We expanded our presence in Southern Maine by opening our Biddeford branch.

We expanded our Field of Membership to include 10 counties in Maine (Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Oxford, Sagadahoc, Somerset,  & York County.) We also added in house mortgage origination and expertise, giving members more flexibility with home loans.

We began offering full account opening online.

We merged with Blue Cross Blue Shield Employees FCU.

We officially hired our 50th employee.

We proudly celebrated our 70th anniversary. Thank you to our members, our team, and our volunteers for all you have done over the last 70 years. Here’s to 70 more!