| California Coast Credit Union | |
| Type: | Cooperative |
| Industry: | Financial services |
| Founded: | in San Diego, California[1] |
| Hq Location City: | San Diego, California |
| Hq Location Country: | United States |
| Num Locations: | 26 Branch Locations |
| Services: | personal and commercial banking |
| Assets Year: | 2016 |
| Equity Year: | 2016 |
| Members: | 140,517 |
| Members Year: | 2016 |
| Num Employees: | 442 |
| Num Employees Year: | 2016 |
California Coast Credit Union (also known as Cal Coast) is an American credit union in San Diego County, headquartered in San Diego, California., it had more than $3.0 billion in assets,[2] over 192,000 members, 26 branch locations and 540 employees.[3]
California Coast is a not-for-profit financial institution that was founded by a group of educators in 1929. Its founding members included employees of Solar Aircraft, AT&T and San Diego Gas & Electric. Today, California Coast serves residents who work or live in San Diego or Riverside counties.[4]
It is part of the CO-OP interbank network, with access to over 30,000 ATMs in the U.S. and Canada. Through that Network, the firm also offers CO-OP Shared Branches, which gives members access to more than 5,400.[5] nationwide branch locations.[6]
On January 1, 2014, the firm purchased the naming rights to San Diego State University’s on-campus amphitheater which will now be called Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theater.[7] Formerly called the Greek Bowl and the Open Air Theatre, the amphitheater opened in 1941 and is one of San Diego's longest running outdoor venues.[8] Currently, it serves mainly as a venue for live music and comedy acts.