Santa Clara University Announces Partnership and Relationship Center Opening with University Credit Union

Los Angeles, CA, October 15, 2019 --(PR.com)-- Santa Clara University has entered into a strategic partnership with Southern California-based University Credit Union (UCU), one of the top credit unions in the country, to offer mortgages, financial education, on-site ATMs, and other benefits to faculty, staff, and students of Santa Clara community.

Products that will be offered will include discounted mortgage and auto loans for faculty and staff, on-site financial education and other benefits to the Santa Clara constituents.

Additional benefits from the partnership will include:
- Exclusive product lines to SCU faculty, staff, students, and alumni
- Internship opportunities for SCU students
- Financial literacy programs
- Campus relationship center in Benson Center
- ATMs conveniently located on campus

“University Credit Union is excited to partner with the Santa Clara University community, and to help their students, faculty and alumni achieve their financial and educational goals,” said David Tuyo, President and CEO of University Credit Union. “By opening a relationship center on campus, our commitment to the Santa Clara University community is deepened by providing University Credit Union the opportunity to showcase the value of membership and our promise to provide the top 1% best rates in the nation to our members.”

The Collegiate Services division of Van Wagner Sports and Entertainment secured the partnership on behalf of the university.

“This is a perfect fit that aligns two great partners,” said Mark Massari, VWSE’s Vice President for West Region. “We are proud to assist the tremendous momentum happening right now on the Mission campus and appreciate UCU’s commitment to the Santa Clara community.”

Santa Clara University is the most recent West Coast Conference school to partner with University Credit Union. UCU is also the title sponsor of the West Coast Conference Basketball Championships.

About Santa Clara University
Founded in 1851, Santa Clara University sits in the heart of Silicon Valley - the world’s most innovative and entrepreneurial region. The University’s stunningly landscaped 106-acre campus is home to the historic Mission Santa Clara de Asís. Ranked among the top 15 percent of national universities by U.S. News & World Report, SCU has among the best four-year graduation rates in the nation and is rated by PayScale in the top 1 percent of universities with the highest-paid graduates. SCU has produced elite levels of Fulbright Scholars as well as four Rhodes Scholars. With undergraduate programs in arts and sciences, business, and engineering, and graduate programs in six disciplines, the curriculum blends high-tech innovation with social consciousness grounded in the tradition of Jesuit, Catholic education. For more information see www.scu.edu.

About University Credit Union
University Credit Union, a federally-insured financial cooperative was founded in 1951 on UCLA’s campus by faculty and staff. Serving more than 40,000 members, UCU has become a leading credit union in the United States. UCU is guided by a board of directors, comprised only of faculty, staff and alumni of the university community. UCUs core purpose to give members a financial edge in life, along with the Credit Union’s promise to advocate, educate and innovate, help position UCU as a financial partner to the university community. To learn more about UCU visit www.UCU.org or call (800) UCU-4510.