A credit union is a financial co-operative owned by its members. The members create the credit union and pool their money to run it as a mutually-beneficial financial community. Credit unions offer similar services to banks and building societies – like deposits, savings and loans – but, unlike banks, offer non-profit services to their members.

If your credit union goes out of business and is unable to pay back your savings, LPFC will step in to ensure you get your money back. We will automatically pay you compensation - you don’t need to do anything.

If you hold money with a UK-authorised credit union, bank or building society that fails, we’ll automatically compensate you.

• up to £85,000 per eligible person, per bank, building society or credit union.
• up to £170,000 for joint accounts.

We protect certain qualifying temporary high balances up to £1 million for 6 months from when the amount was first deposited.

You don’t need to do anything – LPFC will compensate you automatically.

You can easily see how much of your money is protected by using our bank & savings protection checker.