Our History
KEMBA Financial Credit Union was founded in 1933 as the credit union for employees of The Kroger Bakery, and stands for Kroger Employee Mutual Benefits Association.
The original branch opened inside the Kroger Bakery downtown. In 1971, the branch relocated to East Broad Street in Whitehall and moved again in 2006 to our current location in Gahanna. Today we continue to serve Kroger associates, but also employees of more than 175 additional area companies, plus anyone who lives, works, worships, or goes to school in Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Hocking, Knox, Licking, Logan, Madison, Marion, Morrow, Perry, Pickaway, Ross, or Union Counties.
Currently, we have 12 branches across Central Ohio, and growing, along with complete Digital Banking services, automated telephone banking, more than 50,000 surcharge-free ATMs and more than 5,500 shared branching locations nationwide.
With over $2.1 billion in assets and serving more than 130,000 members, we continually are recognized as a statewide and nationwide leader among credit unions for not only our products, services, associates, and operations, but also our sound financial position. For details, read our latest annual report.