An Internet trailblazer and former banking executive are the unusual pair behind the chartering and eventual launch of the newest federal credit union.

The NCUA announced the chartering of the Internet Archive Federal Credit Union on Aug. 24. It will be headquartered in New Brunswick, N.J.

Jordan Modell has experience working with Citibank,  American Express and the Bank of New York. Brewster Kahle is an Internet pioneer who helped develop precursors to the World Wide Web and Amazon.com and sold them for millions of dollars that he has used to form a foundation that supports the Internet Archive, an effort to digitally record everything that has been on the Internet since 1996.

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