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Member Deposits Protected up to $250,000 by Share Insurance Fund

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Dec. 3, 2014) – The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services today liquidated the Metropolitan Church of God Credit Union of Detroit and appointed the National Credit Union Administration as liquidating agent.

Member deposits are federally insured by the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund. Administered by NCUA, the Share Insurance Fund insures individual accounts up to $250,000, and a member’s interest in all joint accounts combined is insured up to $250,000. The Share Insurance Fund separately protects IRA and KEOGH retirement accounts up to $250,000. The Share Insurance Fund has the backing of the full faith and credit of the United States.

NCUA’s Asset Management and Assistance Center will issue correspondence in the near future to individuals holding verified share accounts in the credit union. Members with additional questions about their insurance coverage may contact the Center toll-free at 877-715-0777 Monday through Friday between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., Eastern. Individuals may also visit the MyCreditUnion.gov (opens new window) website at any time for more information about share insurance coverage.

The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services made the decision to liquidate the Metropolitan Church of God Credit Union and discontinue its operations after determining the credit union was insolvent and had no prospect for restoring viable operations.

Originally chartered in 1971, Metropolitan Church of God Credit Union was a state-chartered, federally insured credit union that served 191 members and had assets of $141,494, according to the credit union’s most recent Call Report. Metropolitan Church of God Credit Union served registered members of the Metropolitan Church of God in Detroit.

Metropolitan Church of God is the tenth federally insured credit union liquidation in 2014.