Credit Union Times Recaps 2007 Name Changes

From the Credit Union Times:

• Credit Union Central Falls became ‘Navigant‘
• Honolulu City & County Employees FCU became ‘Aloha Pacific‘
• Colorado State Employees Credit Union became ‘Credit Union of Colorado‘
• MacDill FCU became ‘Grow Financial FCU‘
• BCBSM Federal Credit Union became ‘Bluestone FCU‘
• WCTA Federal Credit Union became ‘Reliant‘
• Searles Lake Community Federal Credit Union became ‘Desert Valleys‘
• Bayer Federal Credit Union became ‘Inova‘
• Georgia Telco Credit Union became ‘Georgia’s Own CU‘
• Vantage Financial Credit Union became ‘Reward One CU‘
• EMSBLA Credit Union became ‘Empower‘
• BN West Credit Union became ‘MilePost‘

They missed a few that we caught here at The Financial Brand:

• Pittsburgh Teachers Credit Union became ‘Riverset‘
• Newport News Shipbuilding Employees Credit Union became ‘BayPort‘
• St. Charles Borromeo FCU became ‘Unity Catholic‘
• Brunswick Employees became ‘Port City Credit Union‘
• Georgia Pacific Toledo Employees FCU became ‘Pacific Spruce‘

That’s at least 17. There’s probably at least a dozen more that went unnoticed and/or unreported. As of August 2007, CUES was reporting 21 name changes. This compares with 92 in 2005, and 48 in 2006.