The Association of Military Banks of America (AMBA) was founded in 1959. AMBA is a not-for-profit association of banks operating on military installations, banks not located on military installations but serving military customers, and military banking facilities designated by the U.S. Treasury. The association’s membership includes both community banks and large multinational financial institutions, all of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
AMBA Member Banks on Installations
Are known as AMBA Regular Members defined as Department of Defense approved, federally insured banking institutions, military banking facilities, or branches of such institutions located on a military installation. All banking offices located on military installations are carried automatically as Regular Members unless a banking office formally declines such membership in writing.
AMBA Associate Member Banks Serving Military Communities
Are known as Military Bank Associate Members, defined as Banking Institutions or branches thereof serving military personnel, veterans, and their families but not located on a military establishment.
AMBA Corporate Membership
Associate Corporate Member, defined as commercial non-bank corporations involved in the financial industry and providing financial services to the military or veteran communities.
The Raleigh “Andy” Trovillion Individual AMBA Membership
Individual Members, defined as those individuals who are no longer qualified as Regular Members, Associate Members or Associate Corporate Members and who desire to continue their interest in and membership relationship with the Association, and active/retired military personnel/government representatives interested in fostering enhanced banking service to military personnel.
Military banks are full-service financial institutions with experience in and a passion for serving the unique needs of military personnel and their families.
Military banks do not limit their services to their customers; they provide services to customers and non-customers in the military communities they serve.
On-base banks partner with the commands and the military communities they serve by providing financial services and sponsoring community activities and programs.
Military banks are committed in their operating agreements to provide financial education to all base personnel and family members. This benefit is particularly important as Congress redefines military compensation and retirement benefits.
On-base banks engage in responsible lending by helping qualified service members and their families bridge occasional gaps between paychecks. As alternatives to predatory lending often available outside the installation’s main gate, military banks offer loans at reasonable prices and employ lending practices designed to improve borrower credit.
All on-base banks provide military members, civilian employees, and their families a choice of financial service providers without requiring them to leave the base. This choice results in a healthy competition through increased availability of products and services, improved delivery methods, and more favorable prices for members of the military community.
Most military banks are participants in the Treasury General Account program, through which they provide financial services to federal entities on the installation. These banks also store cash, thereby eliminating the need for on-base entities to transport their funds off-base.
Some military banks are located inside Military Exchanges and offer financial services during Exchange operating hours. Most on-base banks manage ATM machines that provide access to cash 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Commercial, nonprofit, and other on-base accounts can be maintained at military banks. Alternatives such as personnel traveling off-base to perform these financial tasks potentially adversely impact their unit’s mission.
Military banks serve where our military serves. Whether through on-base banks in the United States or abroad or through electronic bank networks like the Armed Forces Financial Network (AFFN), military banks provide military members access to their money wherever they are assigned or deployed.
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