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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Dec. 19, 2011) – The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) liquidated Birmingham Financial Federal Credit Union (BFFCU) of Birmingham, Alabama today.  CO Credit Union of Birmingham, Alabama immediately assumed BFFCU’s members, assets, loans and debt.

The accounts of the new CO Credit Union members remain federally insured by the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund up to $250,000.  The new CO Credit Union members will also experience no interruption in services.  CO is a federally insured state-chartered credit union with $113 million in assets and 13,616 members.

NCUA made the decision to liquidate BFFCU and discontinue its operations after determining the credit union was insolvent and has no prospect for restoring viable operations on its own.  At the time of liquidation and subsequent purchase by CO Credit Union, the credit union served 429 members and had deposits of approximately $1.2 million.

Chartered in 1956, BFFCU served Employees of the Birmingham Housing Authority and Birmingham Health Care, Incorporated who worked in Birmingham, Alabama; spouses of persons who died while within the field of membership; persons retired as pensioners or annuitants from the above employment; and employees of the credit union and members of their immediate families and organizations of such persons.

BFFCU is the 15th federally insured credit union liquidated in 2011.